In Lemmy my user is @arne@posta.no. Is there a reason for this double usage of @?
I would like to suggest that we start using tilde (~) as the prefix for usernames just to make it a bit more readable.
Meaning my username would be ~arne@posta.no
It’s a the double @ seems to be a general fediverse thing.
Looks like it’s because you’re a @user (inspired by Twitter maybe), as opposed to a #topic or a !community
I understand that, but I believe duplicating the @ in a username is confusing. With ~ we could have #topic, !community, ~user and @server
I agree with this. Personally I feel it is better to have distinct separate ways to refer to distinct separate things. A user is not a server, so I don’t think it should be referred to in the same way as a server.
Love this idea, more Unix like
@ is simple and widely used. Just don’t break things that work.
I agree that the double @ is off-putting.
I agree it looks a little strange when we’re used to seeing email IDs, but Mastodon uses the same username format so there is a precedent. It might be too difficult to change such a fundamental feature in Lemmy at this point to make it worthwhile.
The whole fediverse uses this notation (Mastodon, etc.), so I doubt it would change.
I don’t see it as that confusing though. Users start with
, communities with!.I believe it’s more confusing to less technically inclined people though, since @ is used when adressing a server in a community as well.
So I’m afraid it’s something that will hinder adoption. The advantage of the ~ strategy is that it feels more like something like email, as well as having the whole unix homage.
