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That makes sense. Though, as I mentioned above in my comment to Ivo, if it was to forgo the linkification, a style change would improve the UX of reading the comments, in my opinion.
@Ivo Regardless, I feel that it would mean for a better UX (even if it was just a simple style change of the @User text), especially since longer comment strings get folded down.
However, the comment system is capable of identifying users and notifying them of replies (as per the question I linked above). Why could that system not be used to similarly identify the user/comment being replied to and then highlight or linkify the username in the comment when you post it, then? It appears it uses an intelligent system by filtering out only those users who commented at all. I don't mean to use this system for highlighting any instance @User in the question itself, only those users tagged for reply notifications in a comment.
I will +1 this simply because he's a friend and I respect his knowledge, but also he introduced me to this site. But even still, as a friend, I know what he deals with back home, so it's even more impressive that he's able to amass the knowledge and experience he has. He's one of my go-to people for techy questions. :)
