In *theory* you should be able to follow this test user:

[edent@mastodon.social]

In *theory* you should be able to follow this test user:

@你好@i18n.viii.fi

But I can't find any Fediverse software which actually supports non-ASCII usernames.

If you are able to see the user, its description, and its avatar - please send me a screenshot 🙂

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Unicode

[max@manmachine.me]

#snac seems to have no problem!

[aslakr@mastodon.social]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@aslakr/116137066809450697

@Edent See also a new TR 58 from Unicode

[aslakr@mastodon.social]

@Edent At least one atproto client can show Unicode handles https://atproto.at://did:plc:2h3l5x5ocsko5cabbqwksg2r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggmlk25f5gf i.e. using IDN. Interaction etc. probably would probably need deeper support in server implementations.

On the ActivtyPub side, non-ascii usernames needs to be generally supported before @bsky.brid.gy can convert the handle @xn--atmosfrisk-i6a.xn--rdsei-vua.no correctly

[edent@mastodon.social]

OK, let's try the experiment two years later.

I've created a Fediverse account with a non-ASCII username.

@你好@i18n.viii.fi

Please try to follow it and then answer the poll questions.

If you can click & follow, which app and service are you using?

THANKS GANG!

[cazmockett@mastodon.social]

@Edent ivory on iOS - account name no clicky ☹️

[riffraff@mastodon.social]

@Edent on mastodon android client it's not a link and does not show up in search. But I do see other profiles with the same characters in the search results so I'm not sure the profile is indexed at all

[meyerweb@mastodon.social]

@Edent Can’t click on, can’t find with search, so probably can’t follow, but only voted “cannot click on” because I can’t verify whether following is(n’t) possible.

[macgirvin@activitypub.space]

@edent@mastodon.social -- Works fine in forte and the streams repository. Unicode handles have been supported since around 2019. It also should work fine in all of the other fedi projects (zap, roadhouse, misty, redmatrix2020, osada, etc.) that were derived from that codebase. Didn't answer the poll because those particular accounts have elected to not ever be given the option to create or reply to public activities.

[macgirvin@activitypub.space]

@edent@mastodon.social -- Just looked again... this was first introduced as a hidden feature in redmatrix around 2013-2014, and so may also be available currently in Hubzilla (behind the "system.unicode_usernames" feature toggle). There were some major changes in 2019 that to my knowledge weren't ever backported. I think these only applied to local usernames and not remote usernames, but the functionality in hubzilla still might need to be verified.