Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:40:05 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: abuse of the '@' sign Message-ID: <20131229164005.c253763c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20131229151739.GA2634@La-Habana> References: <CAMSA9wcJVFs57N0Mu=k2COZO=K3X=KsDUgcxsTmP9632kdf9AA@mail.gmail.com> <20131228164937.00000273.emorrasg@yahoo.es> <20131228171351.GA917@tiny-r255948> <CAMSA9wc4-sU1eA=tGMrGSd9x=MXAn10F5wORzpuj0pBpG9ZEXQ@mail.gmail.com> <20131229113055.05b87bc0bf3b90276d62637e@yahoo.es> <CAMSA9weqJ=qEAxnPLvPNBAVCaLvfknbsr9%2BWdFA0MoWYE0fhbw@mail.gmail.com> <20131229143724.GA2488@La-Habana> <CAGwOe2Znpv1XSRVMv8H2VwAWY3qw7poBx-hXN3kKxGOO9_jdhg@mail.gmail.com> <20131229151739.GA2634@La-Habana>
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:17:39 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: > I do read, understand, but do not use because I find it unpolitely, the > construct '@Polytroop:' in the meaning you say 'to Polytroop:'. The "new" meaning of @ as a prefix to a name is, if I see this correctly, its use on "Twitter" (and maybe on comparable instant messaging systems), when embedded in normal text, to illustrate that the person in question has a "Twitter" account one can "follow" by the same name. I do not have such an account, that's why this use is futile. :-) A terrible example: I've been talking to @Bob about this new #crapware they install in his office. In this example, if Bob has a "Twitter" account, @Bob is being used to indicate that the reader can follow him. This is often done in a "tweet", but also in regular text (typically on web pages). Topics that the "Twitter" service can be searched for are prefixed similarly by # and called a "hashtag". Again, even though their primary use is in messages distributed by that service, they're also often used in web pages. Needless to say, Bob works at $company. :-) > IMHO the '@' sign should only be used for the expresion > 'Polytroop@host.foo' In today's "web 2.0" use, @somebody, as well as #something, are as common as the modern $placeholders found usually in web forum communities. But I didn't expect to see something like this on the FreeBSD mailing list. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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