From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 29 15:40:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D83DE4CF for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92B931D8C for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-127-162.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.127.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9EA37279FA; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:40:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id rBTFe5N0006019; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:40:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:40:05 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Matthias Apitz Subject: Re: OT: abuse of the '@' sign Message-Id: <20131229164005.c253763c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20131229151739.GA2634@La-Habana> References: <20131228164937.00000273.emorrasg@yahoo.es> <20131228171351.GA917@tiny-r255948> <20131229113055.05b87bc0bf3b90276d62637e@yahoo.es> <20131229143724.GA2488@La-Habana> <20131229151739.GA2634@La-Habana> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: User Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:40:59 -0000 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, ...