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[edit]The rise to prominence of Twitter from its launch in 2006 gave rise to using the at sign ("@") as a description for directing a public post to a particular user, especially for the purpose of replying to another user's post (i.e., "@janedoe"). Only after the usage of @ as a visual means of directing posts to specific users gained currency among Twitter users did Twitter developers begin to integrate the @ sign as a fundamental conversational tool on the site.
Initially, @ was used by Twitter users occasionally as shorthand for other words, such as location or time. The first person to use @ as a description of directing a post at another user was Robert S. Andersen ("rsa") on 2 November 2006;[2] initially, this usage made use of a space between the @ and the name, followed by a colon and the main content.
The first to propose a general syntax for directly addressing users in posts were Ben Darlow[3] and Neil Crosby,[4] and by January 2007, more Twitter users began to take notice of the practice with various degrees of acceptance;[5] within the year, the convention trended toward
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combining the @ and a Twitter username (as opposed to a real name) and prepending the combination to the beginning of a post in order to indicate a reply. Ultimately, they became colloquially known as "@replies" for their primary usage as replies to other users' posts. Twitter added support for "@replies" beginning in May 2008,[6] with any combination of @ with a username being turned into a hyperlink to the profile. On March 30, 2009, Twitter updated the feature and renamed it "Mentions" (i.e., to "mention" user "@janedoe") so as to include non-reply posts directed at individual users.[7]
Beginning September 2009, Facebook integrated the at sign as a mentioning feature; typing "@" in a post automatically initiates a drop-down autocomplete list containing names of "friends", groups and pages, which, after one being selected and the post published, links to the profile, group or page.[8]
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- ^ Garrett Murray (10 Jul 2012). "The Real History of the @reply on Twitter". Maniacal Rage.
- ^ Ben Darlow (November 23, 2006). "Twitter / kapowaz: wondering if there should be ..." Twitter.
- ^ Neil Crosby (November 23, 2006). "Twitter / NeilCrosby: @kapowaz: probably". Twitter.
- ^ Anarchogeek (July 9, 2012). "Origin of the @reply – Digging through twitter's history". Anarchogeek.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 40 (help) - ^ Evan Williams (May 12, 2008). "How @replies work on Twitter (and how they might)". Twitter.
- ^ Biz Stone (March 30, 2009). "Replies Are Now Mentions".
- ^ Ben Parr (September 9, 2009). "BREAKING: Facebook Introduces @Mentions in Status Updates". Mashable.