Retweet should also show the @-handle

[hfiguiere]

Retweet should also show the @-handle in addition to the name. Because people often change the name to annoy other users making this info "useless".

[Vistaus]

I'm sorry to necrobump this, but I'm trying to see if a few of the long-standing open issues are actually still relevant. I know Corebird still doesn't display the @-handle in addition to the name, but you can click the name and it'll direct you to the right profile. So is this still relevant, @hfiguiere ?

[IBBoard]

The @-handle is shown in a tooltip if you hover, so it is available. I can see it'd be more consistent to have both, as with the tweet poster, though. Should be a trivial change.

[Vistaus]

@IBBoard But like I said: you can click the name and be directed to the right profile. So it doesn't really matter if the right handle is show, right?

[IBBoard]

By that argument, why show @-handle above tweet? But you show it because @-handle is (generally) persistent, but display names change.

Also, clicking the name loads a user's public timeline. That's an API request. It's better not to make users make API requests just to find out who RTed a post!

[Vistaus]

@IBBoard commented on Feb 10, 2018, 2:29 PM GMT+1:

Also, clicking the name loads a user's public timeline. That's an API request. It's better not to make users make API requests just to find out who RTed a post!

You're right about that. In that case, this wouldn't be a bad enhancement.

[IBBoard]

That's my quick fix for this. I put a bold tag around the name at first, but somehow it doesn't look right compared to the tweet author at the top. Maybe too much emphasis on supplemental info if you bold it as well?

Thoughts?

[Vistaus]

I think bolding isn't necessary. Just the @-handle would be enough.