How do you reference other people's comments in your own?

How do you reference other people's comments in your own?
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Hi, @simplyasking, and welcome to fluther. Type the @ character. When you do, you should see a list of names appear. You click the one you want, and it pops in, link and all. Try it. (This works only if you are addressing someone who’s already in the thread.) If the thread is very long, not all the names may show, but you can type the first character and you’ll get a short list. Once in a while this does not work at all. Then you can just copy and paste the name.
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