# Prefixing \`@\` symbol in the usernames

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prefixing-symbol-in-the-usernames/58523>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [2017 年3 月 7 日 07:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prefixing-symbol-in-the-usernames/58523 "2017-03-07T07:58:19Z")\
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作者： ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
发布日期： [2017 年3 月 7 日 07:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prefixing-symbol-in-the-usernames/58523/1 "2017-03-07T07:58:19Z")

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Discourse using `@` symbol to mention both users and groups. So I think it will be nice to display `@` symbol on both user and group profiles (even in posts too) like below.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/4/748201629578259035b8a3fd43a1c9ecd63e9c35.png)

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/b/0b3b6e9e193d0f0ca8efeaf3aa8af0cb804aab09.png)

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