Hi all! I’m totally new to this online format and I’m just wondering… What’s flair, precious? What is it, what does it do, why would I want to set it if I’m not in a workspace that requires at least five pieces of it? Can someone please explain flair in the context of this platform to me? Thanks!

  • Snoopy@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    8 days ago

    No, they are different.

    You can change/define a user’s tag per community in the sidebar.

    For example :

    And there is also pronoun. Pronoun are defined in Settings > profil.
    I don’t recall well how they works. But i think you should write pronoun in the first columns, then write whatever suit you in the second columns : she/he/they…

    • SatyrSack@quokk.auEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      You can change/define a user’s tag per community in the sidebar.

      For example :

      That’s just your flair, right?

      User tags are indeed a different system, and not something supported by PieFed itself, as far as I can tell. Apps like Voyager and Thunder (which both work with PieFed) have their own user tagging system.

      While a flair is something that a user sets for themselves to be seen by everybody on PieFed, a user tag is something that a user sets for someone else and is only seen by the user who set it. It allows me to tag you as a “Helpful user”. It only appears that way to me, and you appear that way no matter what community I see you in. I can tag an annoying user as a “Troll” and they won’t know unless I tell them.

      • Snoopy@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        I hope i haven’t mixed name with user tag, user flair 😅

        But yeah that’s good to know, thank. I never used this feature. :)