This is a really simple question of preference, but when tagging:
For communities, are you more partial to !community or /c/community?
For usernames, do you like @user or /u/user more?
For me, I prefer the former (! and @) because it feels quicker to write them that way and it helps me create mental separation between the Beehaw/Lemmy way vs. the Reddit way. Also, when linking, I like the more instance-agnostic link styles [!community](/c/community@instance.com) or [@user](/u/user@instance.com), even though it takes a bit of effort to write.
I am also team !+@ because of the auto suggestions in the web app.
I have little preference.
!and@are definitely faster, but having been a heavy Reddit user for more than a decade, the/c/and/u/signifiers are definitely closer to my pre-existing habits.
If the UI would auto search for the community/user and show a loading indicator of sorts, I’d be partial to the
/c/communityformat. That would be instance agnostic and provide a natural and familiar flow.Since that’s not currently the case, I prefer the
!community@instance.comstyle.
@kalanggam I am on Friendica, so the wiki says to tag forums (Friendica’s current lingo for Fediverse groups, including Lemmy communities) with
!and accounts with@. However, groups can be tagged with@as well.I do like a clear separation tho, so I tag them with
!usually.