Jon HenshawJul 11, 2023

Normalize this

(Updated: I changed Twitter to X and User to Profile. I intentionally left out Bluesky because their approach to profile naming doesn't fit this paradigm and precedent.)

#X #Threads #Fediverse #News #Media

Show threadFell
@jon It still bothers me that @matrix did not adopt this scheme.
Jul 11, 2023 at 3:39pmWeb
Show threadLuna Jul 11, 2023
@fell @jon Hot take but I like how Matrix uses colons, it distinguishes the types of software at a glance, so you never have to specify which one is the chat app and which one is the social media
Show threadirina [moved to critter.cafe]Jul 11, 2023

@luna i like "/", because its like "on" if you say ⅞ as "7 on 8". @user/example.site

but the ship has totally sailed so it'll probably be @...@... forever

Show threadLuna Jul 11, 2023
@irina Considering the colon is sometimes used as a division symbol, that may be what Matrix was going for?
Show threadBrittany WilsonJul 12, 2023
@irina @luna This looks much better than the two ampersands though. The two ampersands looks really bad and that’s been hard for me to get past!!
Show threadhauleth 🇵🇱❤️🇺🇦Jul 12, 2023
@irina @luna `@` is `at`, so it is `user at example.site`. IMHO the `@` at the beginning is more problematic.
Show threadJakub Klawiter Feb 4

@hauleth
Without it it is an email address… remember xmpp and emails sent /dev/null by ppl just because it looks the same?

@irina @luna

Show threadAndrewJul 12, 2023
@irina @luna the other problem with / is that it's precisely opposite to how / is used in URLs — as in example.site/user
Show threadAnyarchiste 😸 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 11, 2023
@luna @fell @jon I like the colons more because it differentiates between pseudonym and server name
Show threadThe Matrix.org FoundationJul 12, 2023
@fell @jon I /think/ that @user@domain wasn't a thing when we created Matrix in 2014. the double at looks ugly; colon is prettier :P
Show threadFellJul 12, 2023
@matrix @jon That's what I call an official answer! Fair enough, a lot of people seem to pefer the colon.
Show threadThe Matrix.org FoundationJul 12, 2023
@fell @jon the best thing is you can pronounce it "at matthew colon matrix.org" and then abbreviate 'colon' to 'on', so it becomes "at matthew on matrix.org". Whereas "at matthew at matrix.org" just sounds confusing ;P
Show threadFellJul 12, 2023
@matrix @jon I mean, in my opinion "matthew at matrix.org" like #XMPP would've been perfectly fine. But whatever works.
Show threadDanJul 13, 2023
@fell @matrix @jon @zash
Show threadCalisti 🏳️‍🌈🦇 — 🪩✨ 39c3Jan 25, 2025
@matrix @fell @jon 'on' is exactly what the @ symbol was invented for.
Show threadRâu Cao ⚡Jul 12, 2023

@matrix @fell @jon The double @ is superfluous. You can use normal user@domain addresses on fedi, too.

The idea that those didn't exist in 2014 is ludicrous. E-Mail being the obvious example. XMPP another one.