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It's right at the top and clearly visible. It's really not hidden at all, and if you read the name of the tweets it's literally the next word that follows. You'

It's right at the top and clearly visible. It's really not hidden at all, and if you read the name of the tweets it's literally the next word that follows. You'd have to stop reading mid-line to not see it. I would understand your argument if it was in any way not obvious and centered alongside the posters name. Sure, maybe some non Twitter users won't understand, I'll grant you that, but impersonation and parody are so common everyone looks at the @.

randomdata 4y ago
> It's really not hidden at all Just like I said. Proof right here that readers shortcut over content that doesn't seem necessary. > You'd have to stop reading mid-line to not see it. Which the average user would being that there is only so much time in the day and you've already identified the poster leaving it to be a waste of time reading further during casual use. > but impersonation and parody are so common everyone looks at the @. The blue badge used to indicate that the account was a legitimate person using their legitimate real-world identity, and anyone who violated that was at risk of being banned, so impersonation has never been expected. And since the badge comes first...