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I’m not positive this is a winner for normie users. The exclusivity of a user name is important, I want @mark, not @mark.abcdef while I know there is an @mark.a

I’m not positive this is a winner for normie users. The exclusivity of a user name is important, I want @mark, not @mark.abcdef while I know there is an @mark.abcdęf out there.

klysm 3y ago
This is that any different with regular usernames? Like @mārk
- MarkMarine 3y ago
  I think it’s a little different. Maybe I’m just a nerd but some domains are cool and some are not.
  - dkh 3y ago
    The thing is, there is no @mark, if you have @mark on bluesky, your username is actually @mark.bsky.social. Every user is attached to a domain name no matter what, so this feature lets you at least use your own instead of theirs.
    - greyface- 3y ago
      > The thing is, there is no @mark Not yet! Is ICANN still accepting applications for new gTLDs?
      - klysm 3y ago
        Huh? That’s not like a valid domain though
        greyface- 3y ago
        Sure it is! TLDs can have records at the zone apex, although it's fairly rare. Check out http://ai/ http://ai/ for example.
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captn3m0 3y ago
That makes me curious if Bluesky does anything to prevent Homograph attacks.
eyelidlessness 3y ago
It might not be a thing for “normie” users, but the tech-overlapping crowd has been all about domain name based handles for quite a bit, and many are registering domains specifically because of it. This isn’t something they’re doing on a whim, they’re doing it in direct response to demand.
- benatkin 3y ago
  Two at symbols still seems awkward to me, and I haven't got a chance to try to adapt to BlueSky yet. So that's a no from me, as a developer.
  - dkh 3y ago
    Two @ symbols? I think you're thinking of how Mastodon works. Bluesky doesn't work that way. Your username is the domain itself, not @username@domain. If you own the domain brian.pizza, your username can be @brian.pizza. If many users will share a domain, they are simply given a subdomain -- @brian.someserver.lol, etc.
    - benatkin 3y ago
      Yeah, I was addressing both Mastodon and BlueSky in my comment.
saurik 3y ago
Well, only one person is going to get @mark, so this certainly isn't any worse for normal users than "every service forces you to get a bespoke username" as in practice you end up being mark_h.23 or something ridiculous like that.
dkh 3y ago
But you see, there is no @mark. There is @mark.bsky.social (on the app instance that we currently call Blue Sky) but when federation happens and people start running their own instances, those users will be namespaced on a different domain (@mark.marksinstance.io, @mark.someinterest.club, etc.) Right now snagging a coveted handle early still feels nice like you would expect, but its uniqueness and the ability to use the name sans-domain when referencing will be gone if/when decentralization happens.

I’m not positive this is a winner for normie users. The exclusivity of a user name is important, I want @mark, not @mark.abcdef while I know there is an @mark.abcdęf out there.

klysm 3y ago

This is that any different with regular usernames? Like @mārk

MarkMarine 3y ago
I think it’s a little different. Maybe I’m just a nerd but some domains are cool and some are not.
- dkh 3y ago
  The thing is, there is no @mark, if you have @mark on bluesky, your username is actually @mark.bsky.social. Every user is attached to a domain name no matter what, so this feature lets you at least use your own instead of theirs.
  - greyface- 3y ago
    > The thing is, there is no @mark Not yet! Is ICANN still accepting applications for new gTLDs?
    - klysm 3y ago
      Huh? That’s not like a valid domain though
      - greyface- 3y ago
        Sure it is! TLDs can have records at the zone apex, although it's fairly rare. Check out http://ai/ http://ai/ for example.

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captn3m0 3y ago

That makes me curious if Bluesky does anything to prevent Homograph attacks.

eyelidlessness 3y ago

It might not be a thing for “normie” users, but the tech-overlapping crowd has been all about domain name based handles for quite a bit, and many are registering domains specifically because of it. This isn’t something they’re doing on a whim, they’re doing it in direct response to demand.

benatkin 3y ago
Two at symbols still seems awkward to me, and I haven't got a chance to try to adapt to BlueSky yet. So that's a no from me, as a developer.
- dkh 3y ago
  Two @ symbols? I think you're thinking of how Mastodon works. Bluesky doesn't work that way. Your username is the domain itself, not @username@domain. If you own the domain brian.pizza, your username can be @brian.pizza. If many users will share a domain, they are simply given a subdomain -- @brian.someserver.lol, etc.
  - benatkin 3y ago
    Yeah, I was addressing both Mastodon and BlueSky in my comment.

saurik 3y ago

Well, only one person is going to get @mark, so this certainly isn't any worse for normal users than "every service forces you to get a bespoke username" as in practice you end up being mark_h.23 or something ridiculous like that.

dkh 3y ago

But you see, there is no @mark. There is @mark.bsky.social (on the app instance that we currently call Blue Sky) but when federation happens and people start running their own instances, those users will be namespaced on a different domain (@mark.marksinstance.io, @mark.someinterest.club, etc.) Right now snagging a coveted handle early still feels nice like you would expect, but its uniqueness and the ability to use the name sans-domain when referencing will be gone if/when decentralization happens.