@jcsteh Using #LowercaseOnly instead if #CamelCase on #Hashtags impedes #TextToSpeech systems!

@tripplehelix @joel @MekahimeAkari

Not that Meta, but meta in the sense of the thing itself, or folded on itself.

In this sense, meta-evil (it was capitalized because my brain was in hashtag #CamelCase mode, apparently), because it's evil the way he uses evil. XD

@angelastella

It's fine for code but also (a) harder to explain/teach, (b) harder to automate, (c) badly supported on Mastodon (incremental search usually smashes case).

I think Mastodon has gotten better at preserving #CamelCase in hashtags. #GoToSocial is working on it, it's still really bad right now (always flattening/tolower()-ing).

I can see being a bit harder to explain/teach, although I'm not sure what cases of automation you're referring to.

I guess my main thing (and perhaps it's a silly one) is that _ is harder to reach than just capitalizing (and not spacing out) the next word. XD

I have no issues with Pascal (Borland's implementations and docs were excellent), but I had to learn C immediately afterwards like everyone else.

I used Borland on the PC and Symantec/THINK on the Mac. Both absolutely lovely.
Symantec Pascal on the (emulated) mac was actually a stepping stone towards @neaoire@merveilles.town's development of #uxn, IIRC. They even developed a 3d game in Pascal on the Mac (heavily accelerated, of course)

@angelastella

Hey now, #CamelCaseIsLovely

I cut my teeth on Pascal, I'll never stop using #CamelCase. XD

@_elena @dmoonfire

I want to say Mastodon has gotten better at this, but if you're writing a hashtag in #CamelCase and the prevalent usage of that hashtag isn't camelcased, then it will probably get overwritten by your client's "suggestion."

You just have to be extra vigilant about avoiding the bad autocorrect. :(

It's very annoying, especially when the camelcase could happen kind of automatically using a simple dictionary.

@dmoonfire

That's a great idea, but it does involve some guesswork.

Obvious:

#CamelCase
#NotSilly

Less obvious:

#IAmALlama
#IsThisJUstATypo

@igd_news

#unDiaSinInmigrantes #aDayWithoutImmigrants
#CamelCase

@mastodonmigration what a great tip! And welcome, new friends.

A note: you'll get more boosts on images with alt text. Some of us don't boost when alt text is missing - to make life richer for people using screenreaders. It's also fun, to do visual descriptions!

If you don't, you may get nudges like #altText4me #altText4u … and luckily you can edit and add #alttext to images later.

(PS: using #camelCase in your tags is recommended, it also helps screenreader users)

@weirdwriter @MoiraEve @elan @jamesbritt
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...switch back to #PascalCase. (Idon't use #camelCase as I think it looks weird.)

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/snake-case-vs-camel-case-vs-pascal-case-vs-kebab-case-whats-the-difference/

Now that we've got this paragraph issue settled, how about my 2 examples, are #UShistory or #USpol o.k. for you to listen to or do you need #USHistory and #USPol? Especially the second one can be misleading for sighted people, as USP (Unique Selling Proposition) is actually a much used acronym, therefore I prefer my personal slight variation.