Ask HN: Username Discriminator Character?
2 comments
I think suffix is much more natural for anyone using a left-to-right writing system. It's not "empire strikes back: episode V: star wars", and most non-technical people think TLDs are hierarchical from left to right.
: works well semantically, but like ! I think it's too thin to be ideal. _ and - are commonly included in usernames so I wouldn't use those. + is more aethesthically pleasing than @ to me. I like the idea of ~ but I think a lot of people do not know it's on their keyboard. > as a kind of arrow has some appeal too.
: works well semantically, but like ! I think it's too thin to be ideal. _ and - are commonly included in usernames so I wouldn't use those. + is more aethesthically pleasing than @ to me. I like the idea of ~ but I think a lot of people do not know it's on their keyboard. > as a kind of arrow has some appeal too.
thank you for your input, and i agree with all you said.
i do like the tilde ~ sign a lot, but yes, do people know where it is on a keyboard?
The discord drama seem to point to that the discriminator is the way people prefer it, so lets assume that is the way to go, what character would you recommend as the separator? the hash (#) is only client side, and creates its own issues, so here are some other examples:
username prefixed by discriminator:
domain.tld/7318@victoria
domain.tld/7318-victoria
domain.tld/7318_victoria
domain.tld/7318+victoria
domain.tld/7318:victoria
domain.tld/7318!victoria
username suffixed by discriminator:
domain.tld/victoria@7318
domain.tld/victoria-7318
domain.tld/victoria_7318
domain.tld/victoria+7318
domain.tld/victoria:7318
domain.tld/victoria!7318
Any other character suggested? any better solution suggested?
grateful for any input, have an awesome day!