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I've noticed that some Japanese Twitter users put words/short sentences
separated by an "@" symbol in the "name" field. A common one I've noticed is
"abc123@LINEスタンプ販売中," which seems to imply they're selling stamps on LINE.
Some even have multiple "@" symbols in between stuff.

It seems to be fairly common in the Japanese Twitterverse, so I'm hoping
someone can shed some light on the matter. Thanks!
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Twitter idioms: Why do some Japanese have an "@" in the middle of their "names" (not usernames)?
I remember seeing @ being used to indicate current status, what they're doing,
etc since over 10 years ago.

And I remember using it myself.

Like:

[My name here]@管理人

to indicate that I was the webmaster.

Oh the good old internet...

The usage seems to have survived those years.
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