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Why does Lemmy use "@" instead of ":" like Matrix does? (self.fediverse)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Itte to c/[email protected]

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matrix is #room:matrix.org and @username:matrix.org

why does lemmy use [email protected] or @[email protected] ? it looks like email.

i like the matrix version better

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It looks like it's a Webfinger implementation to parse the ActivityPub user URI. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35750312

The @[email protected] format has become a convention across most if not all ActivityPub platforms. In the end the software will look up https://instance.tld/user anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah it's the convention in activity hub.