Post AXbWZJMM7Oyj1eG8BM by ummjackson@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AXbWZJMM7Oyj1eG8BM by ummjackson@mastodon.social
       2023-07-11T18:50:49Z
       
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       Personally not a fan of the @username@instance.tld format that the fediverse uses... especially the @ at the beginning, which is entirely redundant.Much prefer the simple instance.tld/@username format.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXbWfODWyEvTpS1uGe by Gargron@mastodon.social
       2023-07-11T18:59:04Z
       
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       @ummjackson It's not redundant because otherwise it would be impossible to tell the difference between a handle and an e-mail address. There's already a convention of writing social media handles with a @ in front.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXbWfP2ZuRl8Nlufpo by ummjackson@mastodon.social
       2023-07-12T00:44:59Z
       
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       @Gargron I’ve thought a bit on this… I think it’s that lack of consistency in how it’s used across the app that has made me dislike the @ up front. See 3 examples below of user handles being displayed in different ways. Your reply from same instance, a reply from external instance, and the reply authoring screen (where the @ is omitted) I think the key to adoption of this format is presenting it consistently as @username@instance.tld everywhere.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXcMALb3rItmLCYTb6 by Percona@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-07-12T12:09:31.537318Z
       
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       @Gargron @ummjackson BLUESKY MADE IT LESS CONFUSING.