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I disagree, it's inconsistent. It causes confusion to the user when sometimes the @username is removed and other times it isn't. I just saw your comment about not needing it when replying to the postowner, what if you're the postowner replying to a comment?
– codewaggle
Commented Jun 18, 2012 at 11:40
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The trouble is people get weirded out by having their comments changed for them. Did the ping go through? Did I do something wrong? Should I leave them a note somewhere else, like on a different post or in chat? Is it a bug?
– Jon Ericson
Commented Mar 22, 2013 at 20:43
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I disagree. Sometimes the comment is addressed to particular person and without the @ reference it doesn't make sense. So actually removing it harms readability of the page.
– Tomas
Commented Jun 26, 2013 at 14:17
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I tend to agree with Jeff. @othercommenter makes sense, but postowner doesn't.
– jsnfwlr
Commented Aug 22, 2013 at 3:34

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