• Efwis@lemmy.zipEnglish
    82·
    10 months ago

    The only bad part about the fediverse, imho, it’s hard to be the only one with your username. What makes it bad is a malicious user, that you may have pissed off somehow, start using your username in a smear campaign to hurt your reputation.

    • GBU_28@lemm.ee
      English
      22·
      10 months ago

      The key is to not attempt to foster a reputation in anonymous social media

      • Efwis@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        True. I try to stay anonymous. But that doesn’t work on all social medias. Take Facebook for example, they show all that info in your profile allowing haters to hate

    • Izzy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      10 months ago

      You are the only user with the username Efwis@lemmy.zip. Nobody else can have that username.

      • Efwis@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        This is true, just like I have an ml account too. But I wouldn’t put past someone to create another account on another instance with efwis and start some shit because I hurt their feelings. So far that hasn’t been an issue but there is a first time. Especially since the username doesn’t show what instance your’re on on the feeds