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[Submission] @ means membership
The Design Problem
Federation introduces many communities. Usernames should build on the mental model that users belong to a community.
The Design Solution
This membership relation can be expressed by the "@" sign, e.g. [email protected]
Why Choose ... ?
Best Practice: How to Implement ...
- Matrix, Mastodon
Potential Problems with ...
- confusion with email
- confusion with social media handles where the username is what follows "@"
The Take Away
References & Where to Learn More
How is this different from Full Address? Is this another way of describing the same concept?
I think this in on the UI level, i.e. I will be taught about the meaning of "@", while Full Address is a protocol decision?
Interesting! I didn't really see Full Address as a protocol pattern... but if you did then perhaps we should revisit? Sort of begs the question how much do we separate a UI level pattern from a protocol pattern when they are exactly tied together -- for example, should someone be able to use '@ means membership' without using 'full address'? And would one be able to use 'full address' without '@ means membership'?