3d ago

Note about the instance name shorthand

I just wanted to mention something that has been bothering me slightly. People keep referring to this instance as "db0" because it's quicker to type, but, well, that's just the username I've been using for the past 20+ years

Can I convince the m@tes to switch to calling it /0 for short if dbzer0 is too long for you?

Feel free to make any other suggestions here.

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Sorry fam, db0 is too good as a shorthand.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Wear it proudly.

I usually use db0 because I'm not sure people I'm talking too will get "/0"

I think it's a non-issue, because from context everyone will know if the instance or you are meant.
Should've maybe called the instance something different entirely if you didn't want that problem :D

FYI you forgot to add the GenAI tag
Personally for me, the standard is this
dbzer0: instance
db0: you
/0 [governance]: communities
So I think it would be clashing in that case. Just my opinion.
- FYI you forgot to add the GenAI tag
  Oh right. fixed

I'll never read /Foo as divide by foo haha. Too much time on the linuxes.
Unfortunately acronyms are a rather ingrained feature of English text communication, and db0 is how that falls out. Not sure you'll win this one.
- Eh, was worth a shot
  
  If you changed the name to singularity or something, or undefined? Referring to the results of the operations you might get somewhere?

No because I'm an electrical engineer and I read it as Decibel 0 😆

How do we know this isn't a psyop, and secretly db0 accidentally was absorbed by the Horde and is now a sentient representation of dbzer0?
Until now I've let context do the heavy lifting, but will be more mindful of the split as requested.
Ironically I'd avoided using db0 about anything except literally you by name as to try avoiding needlessly pinging you in matrix.

gotta check db0 to see what db0 posted

I don't see why the name should be different I mean Seinfeld is both the name of a show and the name of a person. I think it's fine the way it is :)

I got you DeeBee /0

I'm part of this crowd too, sorry 😅
I did, though, just recently do some hard-selling to some folks I care about, toward this instance (and Lemmy in general in some cases), as just a better place to hang out, a previously ~impossible-to-find "home" on the interwebz. My primary reason for doing that was your exemplary approach toward governance, and the way this place works as a result (I know that's not solely down to you, lol, relax!).
Your concern about this sounds like exactly the kind of refusal of authority (including your own) that makes this place lovely.
Like it or not, true leaders arise naturally, and are followed by those who like what they see. Entirely distinct from any hierarchical structure imposing "leadership" (authority).
I'm certain that you understand that far better than me.
db0 it is, then, for shorthand - but if you really hate that, I'll change my own budding habits 🤷‍♂️