@blog@shkspr.mobi Yes! English may have an elevated status in software development, but that should absolutely not translate into any kind of favouritism on the user side. I don’t have enough insight into the technical side of international username support to say if there might be issues you haven’t addressed, but I know that custom emoji gets the ASCII treatment as well, and for no good reason whatsoever. <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://jam.xwx.moe/emoji/Gutkatoj/gutkato_malĝojeta.png" title=":gutkato_malĝojeta:" />
#Mastodon and #Firefish have these issues open for the emoji:
- Unicode in custom emoji for Mastodon
- Unicode in custom emoji for Firefish
- Unicode in custom emoji reactions for Pleroma
#Pleroma has basic support the emoji, but lacks support for post language. There are two pull requests to add it, but their importance seems severely underestimated:
Might be a good idea to have open issues and track their status in all the relevant software. It also probably helps if more people talk about this and express support (in appropriate channels!) to show that yes, it is indeed worth it. <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://jam.xwx.moe/emoji/Manĝaĵoj/sandviĉo.png" title=":sandviĉo:" />
