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Answer by miken32 for Are whitespace-only display names allowed?

The whole point of having a display name is to facilitate the easy identification of users you're interacting with. If there were no desire for that, the site would make display names entirely...

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Answer by Oleg V. Volkov for Are whitespace-only display names allowed?

I maintain the same position I've already expressed in similar answer to the same problem with "zalgo" names: Usernames that consist solely of Zalgo text can't be clicked when associated with a...

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Answer by Peter - Reinstate Monica for Are whitespace-only display names...

A few quick thoughts concerning rene's comment "why is it a problem".The main question from a front-end perspective is whether it creates confusion or problems for other users, like whitespace-only...

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Are whitespace-only display names allowed?

I came across a user that has a username consisting only of zero-width whitespace (just 3 U+3164 characters) and I'm not sure if this is ok or not. Obviously the user was able to enter it into the...

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