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		The Real History of the '@' reply on Twitter (maniacalrage.net)
		10 points by ghurlman on July 13, 2012 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

sandGorgon on July 14, 2012 [–]

Hmm.. and here I thought it was IRC influencing the collective consciousness, where @handlename was the only way to send a message to a user in between the random IRC noise.

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