Nostr Web Client

I can think of two possible fixes;

1) When Alice starts the Direct chat with Bob it creates *two* rooms. One at Alice's end that's tied to Bob, and one at Bob's, tied to Alice. The room tied to Alice will always display her current username and avatar, and the same with one tied to Bob will show his. If either user has two accounts on the room at once, it defaults to the username and avatar of the one that's been there longest.

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Strypey 2y ago

When the Direct chat begins, once the two rooms are created, they are plumbed together. Whichever of Alice's accounts come and go through the room, from Bob's end, it's always a 'chat with Bob' at her end, and a 'chat with Alice' at his. With the appropriate name and avatar at each end.

The second solution is potentially fiddlier, because it tinkers with the sessions verification system...

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Strypey 2y ago

2) Allow Alice to verify that the new account is also hers, and invite it into chats her old account is in. This might be done with a tickbox list of all Direct and group chats, with an all/none toggle button. For Direct chats, the app would need to warn that joining the new account boots the old one, via an automatic admin request from the old one to leave the room.

Maybe this could reuse the session system that she uses to verify new logins by the same account, in different apps?

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