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with ActivityPub you can have specific actors like @breaking@npr.org, @sports@npr.org, @finance@npr.org, @waitwaitdonttellme@npr.org, @reporter@npr.org, et cete
by riffic 4y ago
with ActivityPub you can have specific actors like @breaking@npr.org, @sports@npr.org, @finance@npr.org, @waitwaitdonttellme@npr.org, @reporter@npr.org, et cetera.
- VWWHFSfQ 4y agofor some reason I'm annoyed by all the @ symbols in these new things
- riffic 4y agoit was annoying to me to type it too! There are also webfinger URLs that serve the same purpose like https://mastodon.social/@gargron https://mastodon.social/@gargron == @gargron@mastodon.social
- paulej 4y agoThat's not a WebFinger URL. WebFinger URLs point to /.well-known/ path that returns a JSON document with links to other places for the user. To simplify WebFinger use by a human, we introduced acct:user@example.com syntax. And (at least my) WebFinger clients can assume the acct: part, much like email clients do for the email: scheme.
- nkcmr 4y agoYah, the one thing that I like about bluesky is their name-spacing: “sports.npr.org”
- soulofmischief 4y agoWe are coming full circle back to Usenet.
- Steltek 4y agoI like the Matrix format, "@user:domain.tld"
- mcv 4y agoI prefer the email format: user@domain.tld. There's no reason that can't be used for social media.
- mavhc 4y agowhat's the reason for the initial @ symbol, seems superfluous
- snickerbockers 4y agoSo it doesn't get mistaken for an email address.
- mavhc 4y agoIt's on Mastodon though, the automatic linking wouldn't add mailto: at the front, think it's worth the cost of a few people not being able to post their email address without a mailto:
- evilduck 4y agoReferencing one of these username handles in external CMS systems (news sites, blogs, etc) might automatically convert them in Rich Text editors, or just Word processors, or even operating system toolings. Seems worth not re-using the same URI format.
- connicpu 4y agoI would guess so that people don't confuse it with an email address
- aendruk 4y agoIt originated organically on Twitter as early users wrote “at” each other. Following that Twitter formally adopted it, and Mastodon imitated Twitter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mention_(blogging)#@_(at_sign) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mention_(blogging)#@_(at_sign) Within Mastodon’s UI usernames are typically displayed as just e.g. @breaking, avoiding the visual noise of multiple at signs.