My username contains a dot, and the dot being a wildcard, when I want to open the profile of a username identical but with a letter instead of the dot, and it opens my own profile.
Steps to reproduce:
Take a username containing a dot (e.g @a.c) and another one identical but containing another letter where the dot is (e.g @azc)
Connect yourself as @a.c and try to open the profile of @azc via a mention or avatar. It leads to @a.c’s profile, and I’m unable to open @azc’s profile.
Connect yourself as another user or change the username of @a.c to e.g @a.ct, the issue disappears
Check the topic in the Fairphone Forum given above for all details.
Is this issue related? Is it reproducible on Meta?
@sam said in a previous post (now deleted, since the bug was fixed) that periods are allowed in usernames and to open bugs for any issues with periods in usernames.. here’s one.
Yes, I can reproduce this over at try.discourse.org following the steps provided by @alex21. I created a new account for @joma.ro. I then clicked on @jomaxro’s avatar next to a topic on /latest, clicked the larger avatar from the user card, and landed on @joma.ro’s profile page instead of @jomaxro as expected. cc @sam