<article> <h1>Fediverse ID (Fediverse)</h1> <section> <address class="h-card"> by <a rel="author" class="u-url" href="http://changelog.ca/"><span class="p-given-name">Charles</span> <span class="p-additional-name">Iliya</span> <span class="p-family-name">Krempeaux</span></a> </address> </section> <section> <p> A <strong>Fediverse ID</strong> is an identifier that conceptually is usually used to point to a <strong>person</strong>, but also can be conceptually used to point to an <strong>application</strong>, a <strong>group</strong>, a <strong>organization</strong>, a <strong>service</strong>, or any types of entities. </p> <p> Here are some sample <strong>Fediverse ID</strong>s: </p> <ul> <li>@joeblow@example.com</li> <li>@name@host</li> <li>@reiver@mastodon.social</li> <li>@massoud@onepicaday.com</li> <li>@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org</li> </ul> </section> <section> <h2>Resemblance With E-Mail Addresses</h2> <p> A <strong>Fediverse ID</strong> looks similar to an <strong>e-mail address</strong>. </p> <p> The main superficial difference being that a <strong>Fediverse ID</strong> starts with an <strong>at sign</strong> (“@”) (Unicode character U+0040), but an e-mail address does not. </p> <figure> <pre> at sign ↓ @joeblow@example.com ← Fediverse ID joeblow@example.com ← e-mail address ↑ no at sign </pre> </figure> </section> </article>