“I am frequently asked why I chose the @ sign, but the @ sign just makes sense. I used it to indicate that the user was ‘at’ some other host rather than being local.”
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“I am frequently asked why I chose the @ sign, but the @ sign just makes sense. I used it to indicate that the user was ‘at’ some other host rather than being local.”
Captured 2026-08-21 from The Guardian. The archived copy is preserved so this citation survives link rot.