Timeline for What is this "@" before usernames?
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| Jul 2, 2011 at 15:09 | comment | added | Federico Russo | @Kellenjb: thanks, the meta post you linked to answers all my questions. | |
| Jul 2, 2011 at 11:20 | comment | added | Kellenjb | @Federico This meta post should tell you more about how the @name works in comments. | |
| Jul 2, 2011 at 11:05 | comment | added | Kellenjb | @Federico I know many of us use @username in answers just to keep it standard anywhere we type a username. As for duplicate names, if I understand correctly, if it is in a comment it will notify anyone who is a potential match. It may be more advanced then that, but I am not sure. | |
| Jul 2, 2011 at 9:46 | comment | added | Jeff Atwood Mod | @federico oh, sorry -- in answer bodies the use of @username in any form is completely irrelevant to our software and has no effect whatsoever. @username is only relevant in comments as documented above (click the "help" link next to the [Add Comment] button). | |
| Jul 2, 2011 at 9:40 | comment | added | Federico Russo | Thanks Jeff. But my actual question was about names in answers, not comments. But while we're at it, this notification, is this also work when the name is somewhere in the body of the comment, or only at the beginning? And what about duplicate names? | |
| Jul 2, 2011 at 9:31 | history | answered | Jeff AtwoodMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |