Comment on Why does Lemmy use "@" instead of ":" like Matrix does?
deur@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Matrix used a traditional URI schema approach. This is why it has a segment followed by a : and then a URL.
ActivityPub and related went “fuck everything, fuck reason, the web is fucking amazing” and came up with their own flavor of stupidity. Emails use an ancient first attempt at a URI that ended up being used ONLY FOR EMAIL.
deur@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
For anyone who can’t read that many words at once: URI means identifier and URL means locator