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How do you respond to a specific person in the discussion?

Asked by marionef (240points) November 4th, 2009

I have seen many responses to individuals within the conversation starting with @marionef (an example)then the comment. How do you do that.

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Likeradar's avatar

Type the @ symbol, and a name list will drop down. Click on the one you want. And welcome to Fluther. :)

breedmitch's avatar

When you type ”@” a little list of user names who have commented in this thread appears under the box. Scroll down to the user you want and it will permalink to that user’s last post.
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janbb's avatar

@marionef Welcome to Fluther!

dpworkin's avatar

Sorry @marionef, that cannot be done at this time. Nag Andrew, will you please?

marionef's avatar

@pdworkin @Likeradar @breedmitch @breedmitch thank you very much and I think I’ll stick around for awhile ;-)

marionef's avatar

@janbb sorry didn’t mean to exclude you

janbb's avatar

@marionef Thanks – I was feeling left out of the crowd.

dpworkin's avatar

How come @breedmitch got two and I only got one?

janbb's avatar

Because one @breedmitch was supposed to be @janbb. What are you….?

dpworkin's avatar

i call no fairsies

marionef's avatar

@pdworkin @pdworkin does that make you feel better

dpworkin's avatar

Yes, @janbb, I admit it, I am a maroon.

janbb's avatar

@pdworkin I think she got you there.

breedmitch's avatar

@pdworkin There’s more of me to lurve.

janbb's avatar

@marionef This kind of nonsense goes on all day here. Are you sure you want to join?

marionef's avatar

@pdworkin you seem to be get around…you comment on quite a few similar questions I have responded to, Busy fella

marionef's avatar

@janbb I’ll have to hang around some to see if I can handle all this foolishness;-)

jbfletcherfan's avatar

@marionef welcome aboard. Hope you enjoy your stint here. . :-)

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