If you’re on version 0.9.0 of the Lemmy webclient, you may have noticed that the full display names for communities is now displayed everywhere, if the community has one. This is a new look Lemmy is trying, but for it to work well, display names should be short. If you have a display name on your community, I recommend shortening it to at most a few words, and put the long description in the sidebar.
You should also choose a display name that in itself describes the community, since it won’t readily display the actual community name outside of the community itself. Putting inside jokes or something like that in the display name also won’t work well in this new style. Maybe just put the formatted version of the community name itself.
For example, for /c/announcements on this instance, a good display name might just be “Announcements” or at most “Lemmy Announcements” instead of “Announcemets for both the Lemmy project as a whole and this Lemmy instance”. The last one should go in the sidebar.
I might not be able to simplify my username, as I run by that very name in privacy communities across Lemmy, Reddit and rest of the internet.
Or are you referring to the description of the sublemmy? I shortened it now.
Just the community description is fine, thanks! I think it’s still a bit wordy myself, but I’m not your boss ;) At least now you’re aware of the PSA!
Yeah it is all good, thanks for spreading the awareness. I had no idea about the change, since all I am is a Lemmy user, no matter if I am a moderator or how much I am in the privacy scene.