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Colon was how you'd get someone's attention in old chat apps. For example IRC clients that tab-complete nicknames would automatically add it if the input starte
by Izkata 1y ago
Colon was how you'd get someone's attention in old chat apps. For example IRC clients that tab-complete nicknames would automatically add it if the input started with the nickname.
- dmos62 1y agoInteresting point. Then today it could be "@Meta shut [...]".
- gs17 1y agoOf course, but then it reads like Meta shut down my invasive AI Discover Feed if I didn't realize what the @ meant. Really, the best solution is a comma after Meta instead of a colon, so it's clearly a command at Meta, like you said.