I have a couple of new questions. I wasn’t sure if I should start a new post, or risk being a necromancer and resurrect this post. I’m going with necromancer. It’ll be something cool to add if I ever write my memoir. Unless it’s against the rules, in which case, sorry about this.
My questions: why do some folks here have an @ before their usernames? And, why don’t I have an @ before my username? Background: I haven’t signed up for anything in the Fediverse or Mastodon except for startrek.website.
Second question: how do I format an @ with the username in a comment or post in order to notify that person. I’ve learned that replying to someone’s comment or post alerts them.
Thank you both for taking time to answer my questions. Much appreciated. This time I didn’t let your names autofill. I typed out just your names after the @. Let’s see what happens.
edit: Lol. Nothing happened. I learned something else today. Re-edited with autofill.
I have a couple of new questions. I wasn’t sure if I should start a new post, or risk being a necromancer and resurrect this post. I’m going with necromancer. It’ll be something cool to add if I ever write my memoir. Unless it’s against the rules, in which case, sorry about this.
My questions: why do some folks here have an @ before their usernames? And, why don’t I have an @ before my username? Background: I haven’t signed up for anything in the Fediverse or Mastodon except for startrek.website.
Second question: how do I format an @ with the username in a comment or post in order to notify that person. I’ve learned that replying to someone’s comment or post alerts them.
We’re still learning how all this works, ourselves…are you by chance visiting from a Mastodon account?
I don’t have a Mastodon account. I might get one at some point, but not yet. Right now, startrek.website is my only Fediverse account.
@Nmyownworld @ValueSubtracted
I’m viewing your post via Mastodon. This is what how your posts look to me. I don’t think you see the @ symbol for yourself.
@Nmyownworld @ValueSubtracted you should be able to @ reply to someone by typing out their entire fediverse username. Mine would be @FreezePeach.
For people on StarTrek.website you’d type @[email protected]
@[email protected] @[email protected]
Thank you both for taking time to answer my questions. Much appreciated. This time I didn’t let your names autofill. I typed out just your names after the @. Let’s see what happens.
edit: Lol. Nothing happened. I learned something else today. Re-edited with autofill.
@Nmyownworld I got your message (post? Toot? There’s so many ways to refer to these messages across the fediverse)