diff --git a/statusnet.tgz b/statusnet.tgz
index c0831ee7..33fbc68a 100755
Binary files a/statusnet.tgz and b/statusnet.tgz differ
diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 3b189932..dd876168 100755
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ function statusnet_settings(&$a,&$s) {
 			$s .= '<label id="statusnet-default-label" for="statusnet-default">'. t('Send public postings to StatusNet by default') .'</label>';
 			$s .= '<input id="statusnet-default" type="checkbox" name="statusnet-default" value="1" ' . $defchecked . '/>';
 			$s .= '<div class="clear"></div>';
-                        $s .= '<label id="statusnet-sendtaglinks-label" for="statusnet-sendtaglinks">'.t('Send #tag links to StatusNet').'</label>';
+                        $s .= '<label id="statusnet-sendtaglinks-label" for="statusnet-sendtaglinks">'.t('Send linked #-tags and @-names to StatusNet').'</label>';
                         $s .= '<input id="statusnet-sendtaglinks" type="checkbox" name="statusnet-sendtaglinks" value="1" '. $linkschecked . '/>';
 			$s .= '</div><div class="clear"></div>';
 
@@ -453,7 +453,10 @@ function statusnet_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
                 // that is, don't send if the option is not set in the 
                 // connector settings
                 if ($linksenabled=='0') {
+                    // #-tags
                     $tmp = preg_replace( '/#\[url\=(\w+.*?)\](\w+.*?)\[\/url\]/i', '#$2', $tmp);
+                    // @-mentions
+                    $tmp = preg_replace( '/@\[url\=(\w+.*?)\](\w+.*?)\[\/url\]/i', '@$2', $tmp);
                 }
                 // preserve links to webpages
                 $tmp = preg_replace( '/\[url\=(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)\](\w+.*?)\[\/url\]/i', '$2 $1', $tmp);
diff --git a/twitter.tgz b/twitter.tgz
index a1b22f6e..e011308e 100755
Binary files a/twitter.tgz and b/twitter.tgz differ
diff --git a/twitter/twitter.php b/twitter/twitter.php
index 05c9cf91..0ac9396d 100755
--- a/twitter/twitter.php
+++ b/twitter/twitter.php
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function twitter_settings(&$a,&$s) {
                         $s .= '<label id="twitter-default-label" for="twitter-default">'. t('Send public postings to Twitter by default') .'</label>';
                         $s .= '<input id="twitter-default" type="checkbox" name="twitter-default" value="1" ' . $defchecked . '/>';
 			$s .= '<div class="clear"></div>';
-                        $s .= '<label id="twitter-sendtaglinks-label" for="twitter-sendtaglinks">'.t('Send #tag links to Twitter').'</label>';
+                        $s .= '<label id="twitter-sendtaglinks-label" for="twitter-sendtaglinks">'.t('Send linked #-tags and @-names to Twitter').'</label>';
                         $s .= '<input id="twitter-sendtaglinks" type="checkbox" name="twitter-sendtaglinks" value="1" '. $linkschecked . '/>';
 			$s .= '</div><div class="clear"></div>';
 
@@ -319,7 +319,10 @@ function twitter_post_hook(&$a,&$b) {
                 // that is, don't send if the option is not set in the 
                 // connector settings
                 if ($linksenabled=='0') {
+                    // #-tags
                     $tmp = preg_replace( '/#\[url\=(\w+.*?)\](\w+.*?)\[\/url\]/i', '#$2', $tmp);
+                    // @-mentions
+                    $tmp = preg_replace( '/@\[url\=(\w+.*?)\](\w+.*?)\[\/url\]/i', '@$2', $tmp);
                 }
                 $tmp = preg_replace( '/\[url\=(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)\](\w+.*?)\[\/url\]/i', '$2 $1', $tmp);
                 $tmp = preg_replace( '/\[bookmark\=(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\;\.\=\_\~\#\%\$\!\+\,]+)\](\w+.*?)\[\/bookmark\]/i', '$2 $1', $tmp);