When a reply is made to a comment, a twitter notification (@twittername) will be sent to the original comment author to notify him/her of the reply. The notification will be sent from your Twitteraccount. 
This will allow the users to follow up on the comment and expand the conversation if desired.

CommentTweets

When a reply is made to a comment, a twitter notification (@twittername) will be sent to the original comment author to notify him/her of the reply.

Jeff Waugh

Automagically link Twitterish “@name:” replies in comments.
Note: It hasn’t been tested on versions earlier than 2.1, but may very well work.

@reply

Automagically link Twitterish "@name:" replies in comments.

CommentTweets vs @reply