I meant the intention of itch in regards to the feature ;-)
Is it doing what it is meant to do? Is the way it works now some side effect? Is there a reason that display names can't be searched, but account names can? That kinda things.
And depending on the word, it will find roots of words. For me, if you try redoni with the i you will find an account starting with redon but no i. So it obviously puts emphasis on partial name matching. While I can be found with full name or at least more letters, like redonihunt without the er, I also have next to no followers and that other account that starts with redon but still get's found with an i follwing, mistyping the name, does have over 100.
It is similar to developers naming themselves like blah blah studio or blah blah game studio or whatever. People are lazy. No ones gonna search blah blah enterprises. They only type blah blah and expect results.
So I guess, if you want to be searchable, at least have the root of your name be the same in display and account name.