Manton Reece proposes swapping the Fediverse to domain-based handles:

Right now, the clear convention is Mastodon / WebFinger-style handles:

@manton@example.com

There are two problems with this: it looks like an email address, even with the “@” prefix, and it implies identity is usually tied to a server that someone else is running. There is no natural progression for solo instances in the way there is with subdomain → domain name .

I would love to see a gradual transition to:

@manton.example.com

And simply:

@manton.org

Seems like the correct endgame. Let’s see it on Micro.blog first! 😉