.@ is useful at the beginning of a tweet because starting with an @ makes twitter treat it as a response --> less distribution in the middle of a tweet it has no effect and its just ppl copying what theyve seen others do, badly
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Replying to @NoLongerBennett
Uncertain--i understand twitter has tweaked this over time, and it may only matter for top level tweets, or may be defunct now. But historically this was the case
4:18 PM - 22 Jul 2020
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