Hi,

There are two twitter hashtags commonly used, #D_lang and #Dlang.

I think #D_lang is the "official" one (don't remember where I saw that), but #Dlang is much more used. Probably because:

* It is more natural, what most people would guess on
* It saves another of the 140 characters
* Is much easier to type

It's unfortunate to have a split in the tag usage though, since traffic will be missed, and will seemless than it is.

So, I would suggest to recommend using#Dlang instead, as it is what most users will use anyway?

Just my 2c

Best Regards
// Samuel

On Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 09:31:06 UTC, Samuel Lampa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> There are two twitter hashtags commonly used, #D_lang and #Dlang.
>
> I think #D_lang is the "official" one (don't remember where I saw that), but #Dlang is much more used. Probably because:
>
> * It is more natural, what most people would guess on
> * It saves another of the 140 characters
> * Is much easier to type
>
> It's unfortunate to have a split in the tag usage though, since traffic will be missed, and will seemless than it is.
>
> So, I would suggest to recommend using#Dlang instead, as it is what most users will use anyway?
>
> Just my 2c
>
> Best Regards
> // Samuel

The decision has been made to use #dlang already.

> The decision has been made to use #dlang already.

On a somewhat related issue, how does one search for something related to D on the Internet?  I'm mostly talking about quick technical questions here, like "how does one use X feature, or Y library function, properly".

I've found googling for "site:dlang.org <my question>" to be most useful for now since this includes the mailing archive.  However, this does not include several other meaningful alternatives such as StackOverflow.  And Google does not generally recognize "D" or "Dlang" as good as it does "C" or "C++".  Any suggestions?

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Ivan Kazmenko.

On Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 10:12:37 UTC, Ivan Kazmenko wrote:
> On a somewhat related issue, how does one search for something related to D on the Internet?  I'm mostly talking about quick technical questions here, like "how does one use X feature, or Y library function, properly".

Add "d programming" (including quotes) to your search query.

On 03/14/2013 10:53 AM, deadalnix wrote:
> The decision has been made to use #dlang already. 

Oops, sorry, missed that! Great!

Best Regards
// Samuel

> * It is more natural, what most people would guess on
> * It saves another of the 140 characters
> * Is much easier to type

I just kill another of 140 chars and add both hashes. More spam - better marketing.

I believe - we win!