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Why do YouTube usernames have @ in front of them now when you look at comments? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/outoftheloop

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What did they change?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This change was added a number of years ago when youtube added (limited) hierarchical comment structures. When you reply to a comment, youtube automatically adds @USERNAME of the person you reply to. You can remove it, but it's relatively useful if there are multiple replies within a reply structure

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