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I've noticed that some Japanese Twitter users put words/short sentences separated by an "@" symbol in the "name" field. A common one I've noticed is "abc123@LINEスタンプ販売中," which seems to imply they're selling stamps on LINE. Some even have multiple "@" symbols in between stuff.
It seems to be fairly common in the Japanese Twitterverse, so I'm hoping someone can shed some light on the matter. Thanks!
I remember seeing @ being used to indicate current status, what they're doing, etc since over 10 years ago.
And I remember using it myself.
Like:
[My name here]@管理人
to indicate that I was the webmaster.
Oh the good old internet...
The usage seems to have survived those years.
