[Social] Syntax issues

[Evan Prodromou]

On the subject of @address@hidden versus @x versus address@hidden:

• Nobody in the federated world should have to care about anyone else's syntax for this. If I have to parse your users' text to find who they're talking to, we've done it wrong.
• We have pluggable syntax in StatusNet and probably will not commit to any common syntax for this.
• I think @x is pretty common, and @address@hidden is a natural extension.
• In StatusNet, when we see @x, we use some heuristics based on the author's social circle and the context of the notice. It's almost always right.
• I think we'll probably support address@hidden in the future (it currently turns into a mailto: link in StatusNet, if I'm not mistaken).
• I'd love to see microsyntax.org do this kind of stuff. Some low-hanging fruit with attention, hashtags, etc.

-Evan

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