What's in a Name

The domain name of this capsule has been a topic of discussion.

I've already added an introductory text to the Help page that sheds some light on what's the deal here, but to further alleviate potential confusion, I've decided to switch this Bubble instance over to a subdomain.

@jeang3nie suggested using "bbs", and I agree that is a nice choice because:

Bubble is supposed to be a Bulletin Board System, not in the modems and telephone lines sense, but in the vein of classic web forums.

"bbs" is close enough to "Bubble" in that it could also be an abbreviation of "Bubble Bulletin boardS", or "BuBbleS", or "BuBble Subspaces".

It's short. Long domain names can be cumbersome if you need to type them out often. "geminispace.org" is quite long already, so better not make it much longer.

Thanks to some improvements in the GmCapsule server, I've redirected the main domain to bbs.geminispace.org. All URLs in the old domain should redirect to the corresponding bbs URLs.

Using a subdomain not only clarifies the purpose of the capsule, but gives motivation to add more subdomains for other things. For starters, I've added a Tinylog convenience redirection URL:

For example: @skyjake@bbs.geminispace.org

While I'm not planning to use the main domain geminispace.org for anything directly, it could be pretty nice for Tinylog user names. AFAICS, there is no mandated 1:1 mapping between the Tinylog author capsule and the URL where the tinylog is actually hosted, but @bacardi55 can set me straight on this.

🕹️ skyjake [sysop]

2023-06-01 · 1 year ago · 👍 cquenelle, Addison, flipperzero, innerteapot, vladimyr, benk, ivanruvalcaba, PikaSonic

3 Comments ↓

🕹️ skyjake [OP...] · 2023-06-01 at 11:55:

As a bonus, I think I prefer the black and blue appearance of this new domain when viewing with Lagrange's "Colorful Dark" theme. The old theme was a bit heavy on the green...

☕️ Morgan · 2023-06-01 at 13:08:

LGTM. (Looks Good To Me).

👤 benk · 2023-06-01 at 13:58:

bbs is short for "bubbas"