I’m unable to update my display name or change my theme. The matrix room link also seems to be dead. Not sure the best way to contact an admin. Thanks!

  • CriticalResist8A
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    2 months ago

    Are you clicking the Save button at the very bottom of the section where you change your display name?

    • ICBMOP
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      2 months ago

      Yes. If I only change the display name it will very briefly look like it’s doing some kind of backend update, then the field will get cleared back to nothing. If I also change the theme and update the display name, the name it will persist after the “save” process and the theme will appear to applied, but all changes are lost if I refresh or navigate to a different page. The display name is never applied to any posts and never changes in the account actions menu in the upper-right.

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          2 months ago

          Okay, It looks like my preferred display name was just too long. I was trying to set it to “InterContinental Ballistic Marxist” and it kept failing without any error notification. Is it possible to increase the max alias length on the server to accommodate that, or is it hard-coded?

          • Muad'DibberA
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            2 months ago

            It’ll be increased to 255 chars in the next lemmy release, and hopefully those error messages will be fixed.

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              2 months ago

              Thanks. I appreciate your time looking into that.