I think it’s because both are in the “fediverse” so perhaps that’s part of how that works

Wow that is just basically twitter. That makes a whole lot of sense! Thank you!

Am I stupid lmao I got here via Lemmy 😂

I think it’s okay, now I know apparently that mastadon just does that. I did not realize mastadon and Lemmy interfaced like this. Carry on! Enjoy your stay!

I genuinely did not know that was a thing on mastadon!

Perhaps it’s the app you’re using? I would say most people (at least on Lemmy, where I’m viewing this from) don’t tag the OP unless there’s something specific they want to draw their attention to or if they’re calling them out specifically in a reply. They get notifications of all your comments so no real need to tag them. It’s a lot like reddit in that respect (again, I’m on Lemmy, using the Voyager app. Another app might be different).

Edit: apparently that’s a mastadon thing. Proceed.

Lmao why did you tag the OP in your reply ?

Edit: I did not know they were coming from mastadon and I had no idea their platform worked like that. Sorry!!!

Yeah like … I trust my husband, and I am also not his keeper, so I do not need to know where he is 24/7. I find it very odd and invasive.