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    #T.J. I say we should just use # for addressing the poster
    – Some Helpful Commenter
    Commented Jul 10, 2011 at 2:04
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    Well done for trying and picking up the glove but as was the case with the envelope R.I.P (where many members wanted it restored) changing decision of the Developers once such a decision was made is impossible.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jul 10, 2011 at 10:54
  • @Shadow, there have been instances in the past of declined posts turning into completed posts.
    – Pops
    Commented Jul 13, 2011 at 19:23
  • @Popular I doubt this one will become one of these.. the cases I saw are new ideas here we're talking about restoring previous behavior.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jul 13, 2011 at 20:05
  • @Shadow, yeah, I'm not hopeful for this one either, but I thought it was worth pointing out since you used the word "impossible."
    – Pops
    Commented Jul 13, 2011 at 20:55
  • @Shadow, @Popular: The envelope thing was a botched enhancement and total UX failure that was then corrected. Correcting it makes up for everything. The system we have now is a good one; for a short time, we had something that was screwed up, but it didn't last.
    – T.J. Crowder
    Commented Jul 13, 2011 at 21:15
  • Good point @T.J. but still my points stands and the problem is that Jeff consider every non vital word in question, answer or comment as "noise" and we can't really change the way he thinks.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jul 13, 2011 at 21:27
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    @Shadow: True. But while in the early days what Jeff thought should almost certainly have been law -- that's how you establish something, with a clear vision and strong guidance -- three years later, if the claim is that "the community runs it," it's time to let the community do exactly that. This kind of micro-management can very well kill the SE network. It's grown beyond one man's vision, and it needs to. And again, if you're going to flaunt the community, pick something worthwhile. One @ is not remotely worthwhile.
    – T.J. Crowder
    Commented Jul 13, 2011 at 21:32
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    Thanks for bounty. I wonder if there's a way to re-open this now that Jeff is long gone?
    – Mark Ransom
    Commented Jun 20, 2015 at 4:57
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    And over 4 years after the implementation, it seems even SE developers are still confused. Like “Comments should be at least 15 characters in length” does not make clear @name might be excluded shows that a developer made the Android app automatically add the @name part when replying to a comment, after which the same thing is silently ignored when counting the comment length.
    – Arjan
    Commented Sep 6, 2015 at 12:56