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Problem

Hi! I'm a plural system, and my community is predominantly made up of plural systems. Basically, in this kind of identity, multiple people inhabit the same body. Currently, my community uses a Discord bot called PluralKit to reflect which "alter" is currently speaking. I'm interested in hosting a server for my community, but it'd be very difficult to convince them to switch to a new platform without accessibility functionality for them.

Proposed solution

Each account gets to send messages from one of multiple identities, complete with a different profile picture and name associated with the message. An additional feature that would help is what other platforms call "voice statuses," basically an emoji (paired with a text string that appears on hover) to the right of your account name that shows up in a voice call you're in. These features would allow for plural people to reflect their identities in casual conversation, making it easier to communicate between people with and without them.

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If implemented improperly, this can be an easily abused feature. I think that the "voice status" feature is a model for how it can be implemented in a way that's transparent to users that may be scammed otherwise, as it allows users to see the account that is speaking at the same time as their identity. I think this could be replicated in text, either by showing the account name on hover, or by showing the identity the message was posted from as a second icon near their account name. Ideally the account name is de-emphasized in favor of the current identity name, though.

Problem

Hi! I'm a plural system, and my community is predominantly made up of plural systems. Basically, in this kind of identity, multiple people inhabit the same body. Currently, my community uses a Discord bot called PluralKit to reflect which "alter" is currently speaking. I'm interested in hosting a server for my community, but it'd be very difficult to convince them to switch to a new platform without accessibility functionality for them.

Proposed solution

Each account gets to send messages from one of multiple identities, complete with a different profile picture and name associated with the message. An additional feature that would help is what other platforms call "voice statuses," basically an emoji (paired with a text string that appears on hover) to the right of your account name that shows up in a voice call you're in. These features would allow for plural people to reflect their identities in casual conversation, making it easier to communicate between people with and without them.

Notes (optional)

If implemented improperly, this can be an easily abused feature. I think that the "voice status" feature is a model for how it can be implemented in a way that's transparent to users that may be scammed otherwise, as it allows users to see the account that is speaking at the same time as their identity. I think this could be replicated in text, either by showing the account name on hover, or by showing the identity the message was posted from as a second icon near their account name. Ideally the account name is de-emphasized in favor of the current identity name, though.

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