Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Site stuff

Join our Innovation Panel to try new features early and help make Mumsnet better.

Imposters

1 reply

ErrolTheDragon · 11/09/2019 00:24

Or should that be lmposters ...

I reported a post by someone who had subbed an uppercase i for a lowercase L in a username - it looks pretty much indistinguishable. Obviously the rightful owner has posted that it's not her and reported too. You can see what's going on if you happen yo use the flyover on the browser version but that doesn't exist on the app.

The matter came up a while ago (there was a fake BertrandRussell on the same thread as the real one, in that case probably innocent but confusing) - I think it was raised with you then. There might be ways to filter new names to make sure they weren't old names with very similar appearance, but just displaying the username in a clear serif font would help.

OP posts:
Creepster · 11/09/2019 02:29

I reported it also. It was clearly maliciously intended. Any name with a lower case L can be impersonated by a troll using an upper case i.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.