[wellthisisgreat]

Completely unrelated by I just wondered if GP knew that “@“ doesn’t have any functionality but used as a sort of etiquette symbol.

[22c]

I figure most people on HN know that @dang doesn't do anything and it's shorthand for "dang, if you happen to be reading this, [...]".

[foobarian]

But... how do we know that @dang doesn't do anything?

[ImAnAmateur]

Dang himself says to send in an email. I never wrote down the address though...

[sp332]

Again, it's the Contact link at the bottom of the page here.

[cgriswald]

It seems pretty dang useful to me to make it clear when you're referring to the username.

[OJFord]

As a non-American, I always read that 'dang' as the moderator, and then it takes a second.

Relatedly, I was here many years before I realised (via that NYT or WSJ or whatever it was profile) that it's 'Dan G'!