BBS questions

I notice that when some posters answer one of my posts within someone else’s thread, there is an @MG McAnick thing at the beginning of their post. How is that done? I’ve been just saying “quote whomever” and retype what I’m replying to. That’s probably not the best way to do it.

I also notice that a lot of posters have their “badge count” displayed with their post. My badge doesn’t appear on what I see. Does it appear on what others see? If not, how do I set it so that it does?

Well now that’s interesting. There’s my badge on the above post and the blue @MG is there just as I typed it in my question. I guess that answers that.
As Emily Latella would say, Never mind.