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 ?