Fediverse ID (Fediverse)

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A Fediverse ID is an identifier that conceptually is usually used to point to a person, but also can be conceptually used to point to an application, a group, a organization, a service, or any types of entities.

Here are some sample Fediverse IDs:

Resemblance With E-Mail Addresses

A Fediverse ID looks similar to an e-mail address.

The main superficial difference being that a Fediverse ID starts with an at sign (“@”) (Unicode character U+0040), but an e-mail address does not. 


     at sign
       ↓
       @joeblow@example.com ← Fediverse ID
        joeblow@example.com ← e-mail address
       ↑
  no at sign