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cpeterso on March 24, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mention @somebody. They're notified.

Or perhaps "!user" to get user's attention? Like "hey you!" Plus !user has actual (yet conveniently uncommon) precedent from UUCP mail routing: host1!host2!host3!user

And who enjoys people "talking at" them?

schwabacher on March 24, 2011 | [–]

I would think 'not user'

Maxious on March 24, 2011 | | [–]

deviantArt uses !username for closed accounts http://comments.deviantart.com/18/1084654/712007861

gte910h on March 24, 2011 | [–]

I do not like the pronouncability of that: !cpeterso would be pronounced "bang cperterso", hopefully only something that special someone in your life does.

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