8000 Chosen nickname/alias of a user should be respected (imported) when inviting them to a new space/room · Issue #2117 · matrix-org/matrix-spec · GitHub
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heyakyra opened this issue Mar 28, 2025 · 0 comments
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Chosen nickname/alias of a user should be respected (imported) when inviting them to a new space/room #2117

heyakyra opened this issue Mar 28, 2025 · 0 comments
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This is a hopefully more useful evolution of the concept of pet-names for chats element-hq/element-meta#725 (overriding real room/user names with custom display names #188) by combining two in-progress ideas.

  1. Support per-room display-names Support for per-room display names/avatars element-hq/element-meta#499 (API for changing display name in a space/room API for changing displayname in a specific room (SPEC-230) #103)
  2. Canonical DMs / 1:1 chats MSC2199: Canonical DMs matrix-spec-proposals#2199 (element Introduction of a simplified room for conventional 1:1 messaging element-hq/element-meta#1467 synapse Support for Canonical DMs element-hq/synapse#6261)

If a user were to send a /myroomnick ALIAS command to a canonical DM, the other user in the room could automatically import that alias into any new spaces/channels when inviting the aliased-user. This would mean when inviting a user to any space/community, there would be a quick check against the canonical 1-on-1 chat for a preferred alias, then if one exists it would be copied into the room/space.

Note: It might be worth considering the privacy implications of this (maybe the user should accept the invitation and the alias separately?) similar to existing leaks of nicknames across homeservers matrix-org/synapse#5677

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