Matrix: capital usernames got banned in Nov 2017

Resolves: mikaela/gist#37
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Aminda Suomalainen 2023-04-27 13:34:03 +03:00
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- [How about DAG splits?](#how-about-dag-splits) - [How about DAG splits?](#how-about-dag-splits)
- [What are these idlekicks for inactivity, why are they for?](#what-are-these-idlekicks-for-inactivity-why-are-they-for) - [What are these idlekicks for inactivity, why are they for?](#what-are-these-idlekicks-for-inactivity-why-are-they-for)
- [But the relaybots look so ugly](#but-the-relaybots-look-so-ugly) - [But the relaybots look so ugly](#but-the-relaybots-look-so-ugly)
- [Why does one of your accounts have capital letter in the username?](#why-does-one-of-your-accounts-have-capital-letter-in-the-username)
- [Which client do you recommend?](#which-client-do-you-recommend) - [Which client do you recommend?](#which-client-do-you-recommend)
- [Which homeserver do you recommend?](#which-homeserver-do-you-recommend) - [Which homeserver do you recommend?](#which-homeserver-do-you-recommend)
- [Why don't you run your own?](#why-dont-you-run-your-own) - [Why don't you run your own?](#why-dont-you-run-your-own)
@ -171,6 +172,11 @@ This means that even before IRCv3 RELAYMSG and displayname proposals, which I wi
I hope Matrix will get better at this too. I hope Matrix will get better at this too.
### Why does one of your accounts have capital letter in the username?
In 2016 or so I mistakenly thought that usernames would be case-insensitive
and they only [got banned in Synapse on 10th November 2017](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/2662).
### Which client do you recommend? ### Which client do you recommend?
The one that fits your needs. Personally I mix-and-match: The one that fits your needs. Personally I mix-and-match: