Hi everyone,

[print@theforkiverse.com]

Hi everyone,

If you are using hastags with multiple words, please use camel case.

#LikeThisExample

Not #likethisexample

Why?

A) Screen readers will see a bunch of letters that doesn't make one word and read out each individual letter. Which makes it hard to understand.

B) For us sighted people, it is also easier to read.

Thanks you

#TheForkiverse

[mikal@sfba.social]

@print

If you voice-to-text your hashtags, it will automatically camel case them for example, if you say "hashtag camel case", it will render "#CamelCase" so even if you are typing, if you have a lot of hashtags, voice to text streamlines the process.

But you have to be sure to stop voice texting if you're going to continue adding text after saying "hashtag" because #ItWillNotKnowWhenToStopAndMakeTheEntireRestOfYourSentenceIntoOneLongCamelCase
#AskMeHowIKnow

[davemasondotme@mastodon.social]

@print
RE: B) and sighted folks

I couldn't agree more!

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@print and it avoids issues like #lovescats or #susanalbumparty

[print@theforkiverse.com]

@alice

People are going to be disappointed either way.

[d1@autistics.life]

@print #IceCubes client "helpfully" coverts the hashtags down to all lower cae.

[print@theforkiverse.com]

@d1

Tusky tries to do the same. Have to force it.

[crabby@mastodon.world]

@print

I always thought it was

#camelCase

and your example was

#PascalCase ?

[benjamincox@writing.exchange]

@print @alice I do this every time and it annoys me when people don’t. It’s not hard and makes a world of difference.

[print@theforkiverse.com]

@crabby
Wikipedia calls the example as Pascal case or upper camel case.

Your example with initial lower case is a example of lower camel case or dromedary case.

I guess we are both correct and I have learnt something.

Either way is better than all lowercase.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_case

[scandigonian@pnw.zone]

@alice

@print

[chuckmcmanis@chaos.social]

@print what does it do with snake case #are_these_read_as_separate_words ?

[libewa@chaos.social]

@print @d1
Official Mastodon app (and website, iirc) too… seems to be the norm.

[heylaiverd@mastodon.nl]

@print The people who keep pointing fingers at me for not adding ALT text to all my photos are the same people who never use capitals (camel case) in their hashtags. ‍️

[secbox@chaos.social]

@alice @print

#letitsnow

[mroach@ublog.mroach.com]

@alice @print The domain expertsexchange.com is hall of fame material for this problem

[print@theforkiverse.com]

@HeyLaiverd

Yeah, I haven't had thise people for a while, they don't seem to have a problem with my posts anymore, because they are blocked.

People are free to use Mastodon etc how they want. People forget, have other stuff going on or trying to do stuff on phone keyboards. And that is ok. Been there myself.

This instance has a large amount of new people, so trying to educate and make it a normal. Which encourages others to use camel case and alt text as the default.

[trimtab@mastodon.social]

@print
OP was slightly ambiguous on A).. So do screen readers understand upper camel case and read out the words nicely? If not then are you indirectly saying it changes nothing for them?

[riggbeck@mastodon.social]

@print

B for me. Camel case pleases my #ConanTheGrammarian instincts as opposed to the #horriblesplurgeoflowercase abominations.

[foriamcj@infosec.exchange]

@print

Agreed

Depending on the instance you're on this likely *Does* require purposeful intent though..

I.E. people are being tricked into "doing the wrong thing" by the auto complete popups (for hashtags) that are supplied from their instance's server(s)

"The system" defaults to showing you "auto complete" hashtags and the auto complete versions are almost always in lower case. So, if someone selects the system supplied suggestion.. they get "the bad result"