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Usability-wise, the thing that keeps me from using any Fb things, Threads.net included, is they break the bloody Back button!

perfect-blue 3y ago
Going to a Microsoft support forum page will do this as well. At least in my experiences
poilcn 3y ago
Youtube web version for desktop has the same problem if I get what you mean right.
echelon 3y ago
Change of subject - any thoughts on the difference between user-friendly URLs? Root paths route to usernames: - https://twitter.com/username https://twitter.com/username - https://github.com/username https://github.com/username - https://www.instagram.com/username https://www.instagram.com/username Sigil-scoped paths for usernames (these also use www-prefix): - https://www.threads.net/@username https://www.threads.net/@username - https://www.youtube.com/@username https://www.youtube.com/@username Path-scoped usernames: - https://www.reddit.com/user/username https://www.reddit.com/user/username - https://www.reddit.com/u/username https://www.reddit.com/u/username (redirect) - https://bsky.app/profile/username.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/username.bsky.social There's obviously an engineering cost to having usernames at the root, but does that make sharing easier? Which would you use if you were starting a new app? Is the first option strictly better for growth? Are the technical caveats not worth it?
- echelon 3y ago
  Why the heck did this get downvoted to -4? It was an earnest question. I'm trying to figure it out for my own startup. Perhaps a tangent too far?
  - RamblingCTO 3y ago
    No, it's just hackernews
- photomatt 3y ago
  I love custom domains, and subdomains, but with the way cookies and everything work now you really have to put everything in a sub-directory, so I'd recommend the first approach.
- RugnirViking 3y ago
  the first option is the best imo by far. So clean. I've seen nontechnical people experimenting with those, playing and having fun seeing who has the username "banana" etc

perfect-blue 3y ago

Going to a Microsoft support forum page will do this as well. At least in my experiences

poilcn 3y ago

Youtube web version for desktop has the same problem if I get what you mean right.

echelon 3y ago

Change of subject - any thoughts on the difference between user-friendly URLs? Root paths route to usernames: - https://twitter.com/username https://twitter.com/username - https://github.com/username https://github.com/username - https://www.instagram.com/username https://www.instagram.com/username Sigil-scoped paths for usernames (these also use www-prefix): - https://www.threads.net/@username https://www.threads.net/@username - https://www.youtube.com/@username https://www.youtube.com/@username Path-scoped usernames: - https://www.reddit.com/user/username https://www.reddit.com/user/username - https://www.reddit.com/u/username https://www.reddit.com/u/username (redirect) - https://bsky.app/profile/username.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/username.bsky.social There's obviously an engineering cost to having usernames at the root, but does that make sharing easier? Which would you use if you were starting a new app? Is the first option strictly better for growth? Are the technical caveats not worth it?

echelon 3y ago
Why the heck did this get downvoted to -4? It was an earnest question. I'm trying to figure it out for my own startup. Perhaps a tangent too far?
- RamblingCTO 3y ago
  No, it's just hackernews
photomatt 3y ago
I love custom domains, and subdomains, but with the way cookies and everything work now you really have to put everything in a sub-directory, so I'd recommend the first approach.
RugnirViking 3y ago
the first option is the best imo by far. So clean. I've seen nontechnical people experimenting with those, playing and having fun seeing who has the username "banana" etc