This is a really simple question of preference, but when tagging:
For communities, are you more partial to !community
or /c/community
?
For usernames, do you like or
/u/user
more?
For me, I prefer the former (! and @) because it feels quicker to write them that way and it helps me create mental separation between the Beehaw/Lemmy way vs. the Reddit way. Also, when linking, I like the more instance-agnostic link styles [!community](/c/community@instance.com)
or [@user](/u/user@instance.com)
, even though it takes a bit of effort to write.
If the UI would auto search for the community/user and show a loading indicator of sorts, I’d be partial to the
/c/community
format. That would be instance agnostic and provide a natural and familiar flow.Since that’s not currently the case, I prefer the
!community@instance.com
style.