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It seems a bit gross when usernames and normal pages are mashed into the same namespace, e.g. https://twitter.com/search https://twitter.com/search I guess Gi
by frou_dh 9y ago
It seems a bit gross when usernames and normal pages are mashed into the same namespace, e.g.
https://twitter.com/search https://twitter.com/search
I guess Github does the same:
https://github.com/pulls https://github.com/pulls
Reddit has the nice /u/... thing, but I suppose that is a bit awkward when saying URLs out loud.
- Operyl 9y agoI usually just say “u slash username” or “r slash subredditname.” Not terribly awkward.
- kiliankoe 9y agoEspecially since it forces you to basically map out your entire site before letting users register accounts. Or you rename users squatting your routes later on, which seems like a terrible idea.
- eddyg 9y agoOr, you take advantage of lists like this[0] and make sure users can’t pick names that would be “problematic”. [0] https://zimbatm.github.io/hostnames-and-usernames-to-reserve/ https://zimbatm.github.io/hostnames-and-usernames-to-reserve...
- kiliankoe 9y agoAh thanks, I was looking for that earlier and couldn't find it :)
- neya 9y agoThis is a real problem. It's also a security issue. One of the reasons why we created this database of huge disallowed usernames: https://github.com/dsignr/disallowed-usernames https://github.com/dsignr/disallowed-usernames
- umanwizard 9y agoAnecdotally, practically anyone who's part of "US internet culture" of my generation (I'm 28) understands what you mean when you say "arr slash worldnews" and how to navigate there.