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"ATproto" or "atproto"?

Should the abbreviation for the protocol be written as "ATProto" or "atproto"? Official documentation often uses "atproto" (here's a blog post as an example), and I believe Bluesky PBC intends for it to be pronounced "at-proto", (as in the @ sign), hence the lowercase. However, colloquially, people often use both versions (or "AT Proto", with the letters pronounced individually) interchangeably. Baldemoto (talk) 22:15, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that it should be "ATproto", as it looks more visually discernible and is the capitalization that most people and developers are actively using for that abbreviation. LemurianPatriot (talk) 15:48, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just did a search for "atproto/ATproto" and "AT Proto" on both the API Discord and Bluesky itself. It seems like "atproto" is the predominant abbreviation, but "ATProto" is not uncommon either (maybe 1/4th of total results?) "AT Proto" is basically never used.

Maybe both abbreviations can be added for the time being until we can pick out a discernible long-term trend over those two? Baldemoto (talk) 16:48, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that would be fine. LemurianPatriot (talk) 16:48, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]