It's even worse than it appears..
Wednesday November 23, 2022; 9:17 AM EST
  • bullmancuso.com is an imaginary friend with a personal home page. This is a well understood concept. It could be a blog, or an about page, a resume. A web page that is associated with a person.#
  • There could be subdomains like:#
    • ftp.bullmancuso.com#
    • smtp.bullmancuso.com#
    • news.bullmancuso.com#
  • If he set up a Mastodon server, what should it be called?#
    • social.bullmancuso.com#
    • masto.bullmancuso.com#
    • microblogs.bullmancuso.com#
    • friends.bullmancuso.com#
  • Or is the Mastodon server so important that it should take the top spot, with just the naked domain. #
  • We're also going to need domains that serve as API glue, just like we have for Twitter. What should those be called? That's a less important question because the only places such a domain would appear is in an app that interfaces with Mastodon servers.#
  • Comments here.#

Last update: Wednesday November 23, 2022; 4:53 PM EST.

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