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Kind of a scary question lol.
I recognize a few people here and there. Some mentioned already. I tend to remember Prole. I think they have my highest number od up votes per voyager. But I think what really makes them stick out is the fact I agree with 99% of their posts I see, but every now and again they say something I very much disagree with. Which throws me for a loop
I tag folks based off interactions, so after a couple years on here there's a lot of names I recognize. Most of them are regular posters or admins (Pugjesus, Stametz, Violet08, Mrdown, Picard Manuver, Geneva Convenience, ada, db0, etc. who don't need to be bothered with tags) or people who I have a special friendship with like @AntiBullyRanger (I really hope you're doin' okay) or my legit bro @toynbee@piefed.social
Then theres various regular commentators on my NSFW posts like @StrangeBedfellow@lemmynsfw.com and @Keepthoseeyeslockedonmine@kinkycats.org who I appreciate a ton!
(Personally, I was once asked out of the blue by @WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today to give my opinion in a discussion about battery tech. I think at the end this will probably be where I consider my life to have peaked.)
When I start recognizing a username it's usually because that person is about to get blocked. Applies to quite many users mentioned here too.
I think the small size of the platform is a bit of an issue in this case. The only way to not get "famous" here is by constantly having to make new accounts.
I was thinking the same thing.
The only usernames I recognise are the people I find insufferable.
I used to think that blocking that type of person led to being in an echochamber. More recently I've decided that echochamber or not - my participation here is a lot more enjoyable without them.
The thing is, if a user only ever comments "bUt ShE sUpPoRtEd GEnOcIde", I've kind of received the message already so I can hang up the phone?
I don't recognize anyone, I don't focus on who says stuff but what is said. I ignore the user and the instance (like ignoring ads on websites) and read the content. Only when it's uncanny pro Russia I check if it's an ml user. I never block or tag, too much work.
Blocking is so easy, though, and so freeing. When I learned to embrace blocking this became a far more chill place.
This is gonna sound really terrible, but... I generally don't recognize people by name so much... maybe something dyslexia related? I think there are a couple of rare exceptions, like the user with two letters and then four numbers in their name.
I recognize lots of avatars, as I scroll around, but I don't generally register the names or even descriptions of the images, just kind of like... my brain just remembers purplish-blob shape, red glowy circle, monochromatic goblet.
Oh, and dancing banana, and blue name furry. I actually remember his, it's Kolanki I think
All of you users with no avatar, go get one so I remember you all please! It's an accessability aid in a way :p
Wait, Lemmy has avatars? I use an app 99% of the time, and the app doesn’t have them so I never realized that was a thing, lol. Whoops.
I recognize a few dozen usernames on sight, most of which have already been mentioned. Voyager tracks how many times you've up/downvoted each person and shows it next to their name, which makes it easy to recognize accounts after a while.
Though looking through the comments here there are only three posters who I've never upvoted, two of whom have the new user tag, and almost all that do have votes have two or three digit upvote totals. The Fediverse is definitely small and held up by the frequent posters. It's rare to see a truly new face.
i recognize @sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com because we think a lot alike and i can see that i would be exactly in their position if i had started life in a different environment.
apart from that i recognize maybe 20 usernames, the lemmyverse is indeed small, it's easier to recognize people with pfp, i hope i get recognized too from time to time as a calm and reasonable person, idk what else to say.
I've had a couple of people recognise me from previous comments I made. It really warmed my heart to hear. I don't post often, but I do comment a fair amount.
Some peoples' usernames stand out, for sure, for one reason or another. Mostly the big ones, they've all been mentioned here already, I don't feel a need to mention them here again.
I feel... okay? with not seeing my own name mentioned here, but then again I don't consider myself to be a power user or whatever. I mostly just like answering questions here.
i only see username@domain.tld on my client but still remember quite a lot of people. I guess like 10 or a bit more.
There's a guy who thinks I'm some kind of troll or bot and tries to "call me out" by name every once in a while, I suppose that counts.
Personally, I try not to pay close attention to usernames - I want to engage with what's said, not form opinions about the people saying it.
