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How do comment @replies work?

On stackoverflow site while referring to the questionnaire i usually add @ symbol but sometimes its works and sometimes not. Example, Let say user "XYZ" posted a question and i m adding comment with refering to the user like "@XYZ" but sometimes it works and pasted as @XYZ on submit but sometimes not. Let me know if i am missing something with the usage to refer to the questionnaire?

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marked as duplicate by Shadow Wizard, Mark Trapp, Sathya, Time Traveling Bobby, Andrew Barber Aug 27 '12 at 11:26


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  1. You cannot refer to a user in his/her own post(question/answer) (because they will be notified anyway)

  2. You can refer only one user in a single post/comment

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You can use the same method to notify any editor of the post, or – if this is the case – to the ♦ moderator who closed the question.


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this is not what im looking for :( it sometimes works so this is not the case bro :) –  swapnesh Aug 27 '12 at 10:49
@swapnesh Then check this. –  Bhuvan Rikka 웃 Aug 27 '12 at 10:52
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