Because let’s say you’re Tom Hanks. And you get TomHanks@Lemmy.World
Well, what’s stopping someone else from adopting TomHanks@Lemm.ee?
And some platforms minimize the text size of platform, or hide it entirely. So you just might see TomHanks, and think it’s him. But it’s actually a 7 year old Chinese boy with a broken leg in Arizona.
Because anyone can grab the same name, on a different platform.
Have the apps API access been officially restored?
Though, to be fair, we might see another influx the day the private API keys stop working, or Reddit isn’t compatible with them anymore. I see a lot of people using those to still be able to access Reddit through their preferred app
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