Well that's "tagging" (or "mentioning") people, and sure, on Mastodon I will mostly¹ do this.
But when writing in a medium that supports actual hyperlinks (like a blog, or other fedi software), writing out the full username looks bad and isn't particularly accessible either.
¹ but not always, for example when I have reason to believe that it would inconvenience that person, e.g. because they might currently be notification-spammed already, etc.
scy /
npub15p…khvce
2024-03-26 16:13:09
in reply to nevent1q…mjcj
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npub15pc5vt5kqgr60g389gl4n5zzuktz8wezz76klym9ew3puy3p8clqckhvcePublished at
2024-03-26 16:13:09Event JSON
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