Modern XMPP project discussion - 2025-07-04


  1. badrihippo

    How about just "picture"?

  2. badrihippo

    As in, "set a picture for this group" which is I think how I end up saying it informally anyway

  3. badrihippo

    The modern lingo is "DP" (comes for "Display Picture" but is a word in its own right now). But I'm not sure if that applies to groups as well or only to people. I can ask around and let you know

  4. badrihippo

    I don't think any app actually says "DP" though; it's just become an informal generic term people use

  5. MattJ

    I hear "pfp" a lot

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  6. nigel

    Yup historically where I used to see "avatar", I now see "pfp" used. Never seen dp and think that's a bad choice personally due to being associated with other activities. Don't want one if these mistakes https://www.ebaumsworld.com/articles/not-everybody-is-a-dp-girly-clueless-influencer-discovers-that-dp-doesnt-just-stand-for-dr-pepper/87467042/

  7. alexkurisu

    > As in, "set a picture for this group" which is I think how I end up saying it informally anyway Everybody i know says "set an avatar for group", so…

  8. fugata

    Among Indians, "dp" is used almost exclusively, the other meanings of "dp" are not commonly known, and "pfp" is rare - but it's quite possible I'm just not among the right crowd.

  9. fugata

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