I recognize a lot of people, both good and bad. When someone stands out I set a note for them in Lemmy, so I can see them more easily. So far in this thread I see otter@lemmy.ca, BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world, and MargotRobbie@lemmy.world - all fun and awesome from my experience.

https://lemmy.world/u/The_Picard_Maneuver

Has replied to me mentioning him so he's definitely the most memorable

Sometimes I read a completely wild take and then notice it was @dessalines@lemmy.ml and just give him an upvote

Not really, because I normally don't even look at or register usernames unless I emphatically agree or disagree with a post. I've been doing this for years, first on forums, then on reddit and now here. I don't want to be biased against the content of the message just because I like or dislike a particular poster, so I mostly ignore usernames altogether.

Depends on four factors (theory):

• You have profile pictures on
• Your App shows the emoji characters in display names (ugh (my reaction has no reflection on the quality of their posts, it just annoys me))
• You reply to the same person more than a few times
• You proactively read usernames as you read comments/posts

The last one is key. I think most people skim right over them, which makes the first three important.

I'm fairly certain that at least most of us that post at least semi regularly in tenforward recognize each other. There's a few doing a lot. My posts have dropped off lately because of creative burnout, though so I'm not around as much.

Craftyindividual, pugjesus, adjjj, nanoUFO, all the frequent content posters in the magazines I am interested in. Sometimes I recognize people by name who post less frequently or just by avatar in the sidebar when logging in.

Pretty often. People are still able to get fun usernames right now so they're more memorable

FlyingSquid mostly, and a few others. Not sure if I'd be able to spell all the others properly though, lol

I had to block a few who were spamming too much, but I've since forgotten their usernames.

Connect lets you tag people, witch helps with recognition. Both in positive and negative sense. I usually tag people before adding them to my ban list, to see if their behaviour is coherent or a fluke.

Aside from that there's a couple of names that I recall through their frequency of posting or a very specific name, such as Mr cumfart, flying squid, pugjesus and Picard. Otherwise I sometimes recognize names, but not in a way I would recall them.

I actively try not to.

I only know 4 or so offhand though there's probably more that I'm interacting with on a regular basis that I should commit to memory.

I recognize mine. Pops up kind of often.

Yeah, lots of them, but keep forgetting them from time to time... The dude with the huge ass font is the most remarkable to me.

I’ve already blocked military veganism (not the actual name but I don’t want them to accidentally show up) And I’ve noticed satansmaggotycumfart (or something similar to that) a few times

A small handful. Especially those who post content a lot. But not a lot.

However, when reading comments, I only check usernames when I either strongly agree or disagree. Only outliers are identified; idle chat is visually anonymized by my having a very limited field of view.

I recognize a handful just in this thread.

Hi familiar names!