<![CDATA[Does #mastodon support a root level domain handles yet?]]>Does support a root level domain handles yet? Like, say, user having his AP-enabled single-user website under example.com having a @example.com handle instead of @something@example.com

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/e52f9615-d5db-4b8a-957a-58216c15cdb5/does-mastodon-support-a-root-level-domain-handles-yetRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 19:58:50 GMTMon, 11 May 2026 15:03:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Does #mastodon support a root level domain handles yet? on Tue, 12 May 2026 12:25:48 GMT]]>@mbajur Ah yes, I’ve seen many people with single-user instances use something like @me@named.domain, which is super unfortunate because quoting them will show “@me”.

I think what you want to do has a lot of value here … so I guess the steps are:

1) implement webfinger to resolve @domain to the one actor, and @user@domain to point *to the same actor* (so you can mention them on platforms that don’t yet implement the new style quotes)
2) Publish an FEP about this new webfinger extension

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/Profpatsch/statuses/116561592209324540https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/Profpatsch/statuses/116561592209324540Tue, 12 May 2026 12:25:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does #mastodon support a root level domain handles yet? on Tue, 12 May 2026 07:20:34 GMT]]>@Profpatsch I'm a bit confused on how to handle that in my upcoming AP project (@abelio) - every instance is a single-user instance and i'm currently using @domain.com@domain.com as a solution someone suggested to me a year ago but i find it a bit hacky and looking for a proper solution

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mbajur/statuses/116560391992129148https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mbajur/statuses/116560391992129148Tue, 12 May 2026 07:20:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does #mastodon support a root level domain handles yet? on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:17:21 GMT]]>@mbajur it's also kind of hard to parse cleanly and securely because Mastodon uses @user@exanple.com and others user@example.com, so hard to distinguish what's domain and what @ you can ignore …

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/Profpatsch/statuses/116558255960131377https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/Profpatsch/statuses/116558255960131377Mon, 11 May 2026 22:17:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does #mastodon support a root level domain handles yet? on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:15:37 GMT]]>@mbajur maybe what you could try to do is serve your actor activity JSON from root, but I'd wager most webfinger implementations reject handles with an empty user part

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/Profpatsch/statuses/116558249140988315https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/Profpatsch/statuses/116558249140988315Mon, 11 May 2026 22:15:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Does #mastodon support a root level domain handles yet? on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:13:05 GMT]]>@mbajur I think we are trying to standardize instance actors in an FEP, but I haven't heard of pure domain actor names

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/Profpatsch/statuses/116558239218765483https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/Profpatsch/statuses/116558239218765483Mon, 11 May 2026 22:13:05 GMT