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zomgwtf
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@rhody I think that's a horrible idea
Origin and purpose of the recent tendency
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In summary: I mean... is that the @ symbol is used to indicate that the message is directed at the person who is mentioned in the tweet.It's more visible than Dave: and it clearly indicates a completely new comment. I know I use it. Only when quoting multiple people and I don't A) feel like multiquoting or B)making my post look all cluttered and filled with quote boxes. The person knows what they said so all I have to tell them is that this comment is directed at what they said.I don't see what the problem is with it, it's not hard to understand at all. @=at, @Dave means at Dave. It's more visible than Dave:
@rhody I think that's a horrible idea
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Where did it come from? Hm, when I came to Canada for pilut training in 1977 my instructor would write down on the grading sheet things like:
Student is terrible @ X√ alt and hdg, sloppy @ correcting errors. etc, etc