what is the use of "@" in twitter?

HI,

I see a lot of people use "@" in front of their username and i dont know what that sign "@" for?

ex: @yourusername

why not just use yourusername instead?

thnks

 

@ means the post is directed at the user following the @ symbol.

Welcome to the internet.

Nigel

 

I still dont get it..

and thnks for the warm welcome.

 

@ stands for at so they mean
@(AT) username because they are to lazy to write at even though you enter 2 buttons for both lol

 

Your quite welcome. Here is an example...

@ henry_nguyen Do your parents know your on the internet? Its a dangerous place.


Nigel

 

ahhhh

i see what @ means now.

thnks

 

Its a way to distinguish to the machine an username from a non-username. If it is preceded by @ then it is symbol machine name. If it is not preceded by @ then it is normal text. So you could simply refer to henry_nguyen while conversing with someone but if you do @henry_nguyen then it will appear in the @Mentions of henry_Nguyen.

 

We use "@" in twitter when we reply some buddy so we make it like that

i m replying you "henry_nguyen@ hello how r u " @mean the you r calling your that persone

 

@Henry Good to see you caught on! It is kind of silly but nonetheless works well!

 

Rightly said ....Keep up the good work

 

Nigel, please stop posting in this thread. I'm laughing too hard! The sarcasm is killing me!

 

character @ before username will make a hyperlink to user homepage. Ex: not @: namln, with @: @namln

 

finnaly, i think i've got what iam looking for. I just did a test with @vncentral and twitter automatically displays the link under vncentral for me.

thnks

 

It should be noted that on your friends feeds and other APIs linked to Twitter like Myspace and Facebook that the @username message format will not be posted. If you want it to appear on all those you would need to do message @username for it to work.

 

I just found out about the @ as well. I was told it acts like indexing to help you see related messages. Does that sound right?

 

@ in its simplicity is a way of people replying to eachother publicly instead of through DM

 

its a way to reply to someone's tweets or msgs

 

Nice post good work here bro