Usernames with spaces lead to problems with Mastodon usernames

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Quick summary

Example -- spaces are valid in username in WordPress -- so a username of "First Last" in WP would lead to a Mastodon username of @First [email protected] -- which is a bit of an issue for some Mastodon clients.

Suggestion -- escape the usernames to make sure they make valid Mastodon usernames -- like @[email protected]

Steps to reproduce

Obvious

What you expected to happen

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What actually happened

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Impact

Some (< 50%)

Available workarounds?

Yes, easy to implement

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[jazmichaelking]

Now that WP user names need portability, maybe AP account creation should sanitize using $strict

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/sanitize_user/

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