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I noticed about a month ago that quite often in the latest version of Firefox (but not in Chrome) under Windows 11 usernames become distorted like this

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Does anybody else see this or it is just me?

Later - following suggestions in comments, I looked into that user's page and there I see this:

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    $\begingroup$ Hmm Dmitri Piontkovski's profile image shows up as text, for me on Firefox on Android, and in the image you give it's a cropped version of this you are seeing. $\endgroup$
    – David Roberts Mod
    Commented Nov 23, 2022 at 21:35
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    $\begingroup$ It looks like the user's profile picture is not being loaded, so you're instead setting the alt text for the image — or, a cropped portion of it, since the alt text is probably "username's profile picture". Perhaps you're using an ad blocker, or perhaps Firefox is aggressively filtering out certain images? $\endgroup$
    – The Amplitwist
    Commented Nov 23, 2022 at 21:55
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    $\begingroup$ The user's profile picture is being pulled in from Facebook (graph.facebook.com/1852493471481940/picture?type=large), so it could be that Firefox is not liking the 3rd party image link? $\endgroup$
    – David Roberts Mod
    Commented Nov 24, 2022 at 2:41
  • $\begingroup$ @TheAmplitwist I am indeed using ABP but right now I switched it off completely and reloaded the page, with no avail. How to check Firefox about image filtering I don't know. $\endgroup$
    – მამუკა ჯიბლაძე
    Commented Nov 24, 2022 at 4:59
  • $\begingroup$ Aha there is indeed evidence about image filtering, let me add this to the question $\endgroup$
    – მამუკა ჯიბლაძე
    Commented Nov 24, 2022 at 5:02
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    $\begingroup$ A related question on Meta SE: Why is there "[username name]s' user avatar" on this user's avatar? $\endgroup$
    – The Amplitwist
    Commented Feb 23, 2023 at 14:10

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Suggestions in the comments by David Roberts and The Amplitwist turned out to be correct. I switched out enhanced tracking protection, and that thing got replaced with a picture of the user. Still I am not removing the bug tag since when the protection is on, something less messy should appear I believe, no?

Besides, it does not look normal that in order for the page to load properly I should allow facebook to track my personal actions

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