1w ago

Baby face next to name

I seem to have acquired a baby face next to my name when I post something. How do I get rid of this please? I’ve have looked.

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Certain Lemmy apps show an indicator, such as the baby face emoji, next to newly created accounts. I assume this is a futureproofing measure against spam or bot accounts by bringing the newness of the account to other users’ attention so they know to be more wary of them. Based on my previous experience hunting bots on Reddit, I think this is an excellent futureproofing feature.
If you’re using the Voyager app, you can activate or deactivate this indicator on your end by going to the General settings in the app and switching the New Account Highlightenator. Other users will still see the baby face next to your username until you age out of it, but I don’t know how long that will take.
Welcome to Lemmy!
- Yeah I like the feature too. For Voyager, it's for accounts under 30 days old
- Thank you!

I don't see any kind of face next to your post
- It’s next my name ‚nevermind’.
  
  It must be a website thing, I can't see it in either Jerboa or Boost

You can't. It's literally there for life. Everyone has one, and it's always different. Mine is a giraffe because I always reach for the high content
- So why is mine a sloth? What does it say about me?
  
  You're already on a high branch and like to watch your poop fall. Not onto anyone on purpose, of course, but gravity does the choosing.
- I knew it!

FWIW, the new user flag is a green leaf over on fedia.io. Different platforms do it differently. Or not at all.

It’s a flag for new accounts. It depends on the platform/settings you set up.
On your platform, you’ll see everyone with an account under that threshold with that tag.

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