What does it mean when the user has @ in front of the name

I know that users from different instances can have @instance after the user name, but what does it mean when the username is @username ?

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Everyone who isn't using a separate display name has an @. It's their actual login name, like on Twitter.

I couldn't even use capital letters in my user name, but the display name lets you use Unicode and even emojis (as you can see with mine).
- Personally, I'm a big fan of emojis in usernames 😊
- yes, you inspired me, pillowtalk420@yiffit.net
- @Kolanaki
  
  and even emojis (as you can see with mine).
  
  Looks like either you have a capital letter in your username and what I see is your username, or you don't have an emoji in your display name, or kbin strips emojis from usernames.
  
  Edit: It appears kbin shows people's usernames, not their display names. That said, you still seem to have a capital letter in your username.
It's a user name. Users are @name@instance.tld Communities are !community@instance.tld

So I'm @SirEDCaLot@fmhy.ml
Posting a reply on !no stupid questions@lemmy.world
To you @tofurious_is_god@lemmy.world
Like yours does? It just means he's commenting from another instance than your own home instance. If both you and the other are lemmy.world users and comment on a thread on a third instance, you shouldn't see it.

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