Bolded user names v @ names

[mordecaiB]

@Thudlow_Boink

Example: In this thread, the OP probably should have @'ed Spice_Weasel rather than bolding her so she would have known she was being talked about:

Yeah, this is a great example for use of the @ user.

@ASGuy

Comes from being a printer I think but I agree it looks better.

Not a printer, but I agree, for some reason it just looks better. Maybe just from having used it so long.

@BigT

Oh, and even when I do use bold, I’ll often use the @ notation first for longer names to make sure I get the spelling right (or to avoid typing so much on mobile), then delete it.

Gotta admit the drop down name list helps with the spelling, I do that also.

@Riemann

@BeetleJuice
@BeetleJuice
@BeetleJuice

ETA: hey, the second one looks like it might work!

Maybe it only works on the poster and not the readers because I’m still alive but Riemann seems pretty quiet.

[Die_Capacitrix]

@nelliebly

except the MMPS, where bolding is the norm

Also in the weekly MMPS thread, many people use the nicknames, and the @ doesn’t work for that. If I want to make sure someone knows I mentioned them, and I didn’t reply directly to one of their posts (which would also generate a notification), I will use @.