Fluther: Would anyone else enjoy an "@username" link?

Would anyone else enjoy an "@username" link?

Asked by jtvoar16 (2171

) November 29th, 2008
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I was just thinking that a button or option to put a @username in your respounce would be a great addtion to fluther. I find myself adding the @username so many times, but some people have the longest, most convoluted names, and I always type them wrong, or spend ten minutes to make sure I get the name right.
I was just thinking that having something like that would be awesome, and make life easier.

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@jtvoar16
I just copy and paste.

omph (815

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Sure, but sometimes I don’t even notice the hidden funniness in peoples’ handles until I type them out!

Schenectandy (1118

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The fewer buttons the better. I can do it myself.

arnbev959 (10908

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Sorry, I’m new to fluther….what does it mean when one types ”@username”? Does it mean you are directing your response to that individual directly?

spartacus (11

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@spartacus yes.

Snoopy (5798

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@spartacus:
yes.

It’s an easy way to response to something someone else said, especially if their post is a few more up from yours.

jtvoar16 (2171

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Perfect. Thanks guys. Makes a lot of sense.

spartacus (11

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I don’t really need that, but automatically making @username into a link to the referenced users last post in the current thread would be nice. If anyone understand a s**t about my gibberish :S

wilhel1812 (2877

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Stop ruining the surprises!

andrew (16548

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Like omph, I usually copy and paste. Also, people misspell my name all the flipping time. In that regard, a button-created @username link would be something of a boon.

aidje (3662

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@aidje: (did I get it right?) Me, too. I am widely known as August i an, but I am actually August L an. I pretty much stopped worrying about it long ago : )

augustlan (47745

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@augustlan
Yes, you did. :-) I think it frustrates me because it makes me realize that people have no clue how it’s pronounced. The most common misspelling (aid – ie) is quite far from the preferred pronunciation, which is rather close to “adge” as in “badge”.

aidje (3662

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@augustlan: You could do what sndfreQ did and capitalize the L.

andrew (16548

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@andrew I thought that once we picked a name (unlike the avatar) it could not be changed. In any way…?

Snoopy (5798

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@Snoopy I guess andrew allways can do anything :)
we have to answer with an @ in this thread right?

wilhel1812 (2877

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@wilhel1812:
Yes. Or all of reality will turn to marshmallow.

jtvoar16 (2171

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@Andrew: I’m so used to it now, I don’t think I’d change it…even if I knew how!

augustlan (47745

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@augustLan. I am sure I was one of the offenders. My apologies…
those darn letters are so small…and I have not accepted the idea of glasses. Yet.

@wilhel you are so right. I forgot. Andrew can do anything.

Snoopy (5798

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@Snoopy: No need for apologies! It truly doesn’t bother me anymore, and I will gladly answer to either spelling : )

It’s those dang upper case “I“s and lower case “l“s that confuse people so much! See…they look exactly the same.

augustlan (47745

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@augestIan:
My head just exploded.

jtvoar16 (2171

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I’m sorry.

augustlan (47745

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@augustlan:
It happens a lot when my perceptions of reality are brought into question, or shear realization of an absolute truth, such as the paradox of “I” and “l” as in the previous post.
I feel I should bring this to the attention of Steven Hawking. He should be able to shed some light on this problem of I’s and l’s.

jtvoar16 (2171

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@Snoopy: Changing case is not a problem. Changing names (once you’re established) is less likely to happen.

andrew (16548

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Come on, guys; they’re totally different. The I is wider than the l.

aidje (3662

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No, no, no I disagree, I think the I is thiner then the l, or the |.

jtvoar16 (2171

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Okay, let’s try this out.

IIIlllIIIlllIIIlllIIIlll
IIIlllIIIlllIIIlllIIIlll
lllIIIlllIIIlllIIIlllIII

Alternating sets of three. With which letter did I start on each row?

aidje (3662

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/head explodes… AGAIN

this damn thread has done that^ to me like 80 times now!

jtvoar16 (2171

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you started the first two sentences with “eye” and the last one with “L.”

I cheated and had my mac read it to me.

jtvoar16 (2171

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Additional functions like this could work like the avatar overlays in most twitter apps: they look like this and you could have reply, and various other links overlaid when you mouse over.

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