beng posted to #jaiku:

beng

How does @ work in Jaiku? Can non-contacts see my @s to them in their stream, or do they have to hunt for them?

1 year, 6 months ago.

8 comments so far

  • map

    Non-contacts only see your jaikus in Explore-page. (I guess you have read this already.)

    1 year, 6 months ago by map

  • beng

    Ok, even with the @ symbol? That makes @ rather redundant surely?

    1 year, 6 months ago by beng

  • map

    No, not even with @ . But it's very useful when you follow many people (sometimes your stream is quite long after being offline for a while :-P).

    If you need to get attention from someone who doesn't follow you, it's better to comment his/her jaiku.

    1 year, 6 months ago by map

  • beng

    Yes hence my confusion. A reply to a jaiku is an inherent "@", yet people still stick in an @. I reckon we should rid Jaiku of this twitter @ wart :)

    1 year, 6 months ago by beng

  • tabrez

    In a long conversation thread using @ with user names allows plugins like Jaikungfu to do cool things with it.

    1 year, 6 months ago by tabrez

  • CAW

    Additionally, if you start an entry submitted via IM or SMS with an @ reference, Jaiku will attach your message as a comment to the most recent thread the referenced user posted in. Otherwise, everything submitted via IM or SMS would go in as an entirely new Jaiku.

    1 year, 6 months ago by CAW

  • beng

    aha, now there's a good reason for @

    1 year, 6 months ago by beng

  • map

    I learned new things, too :-)! Thanks!

    1 year, 6 months ago by map

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