Tagging a Member in a Post

Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by MarkIntihar, Mar 27, 2012.

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  1. MarkIntihar

    MarkIntihar Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2010 Michigan

    Is there any way to incorporate this into the new forum? I know on other forums/sites I frequent I have the ability to tag a username with a special character (for example, @member on Twitter). I've noticed some times that people refer to other users who haven't posted in a particular thread and it might be helpful if they could additionally tag the user so that he/she would receive an alert that they've been mentioned.

    This would be particularly useful if you're trying to get input from a particular user on a subject by eliminating a couple of steps in letting that person know they've been called upon for their input. Just an idea.
     
    #1 MarkIntihar, Mar 27, 2012
  2. BdubleEdubleRUN

    BdubleEdubleRUN Initiate (0) Jul 28, 2009 California

    I just did this and thought it would be helpful if I could have tagged them to bring it to there attention.

    I suppose you could do this the hard way and manually type the [ quote ] code with the username so it would pop up in their alerts?
     
    #2 BdubleEdubleRUN, Mar 27, 2012
  3. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    That would be faking quotes essentially, which could get confusing and annoying. And what if the member doesn't want to be pulled into a discussion with alerts?

    If you want a specific member's feedback ... message them/point them to the thread.
     
    #3 Todd, Mar 27, 2012
  4. MarkIntihar

    MarkIntihar Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2010 Michigan

    Personally, it would be much easier/less annoying to ignore an alert than a message. But that's just my two cents.
     
    #4 MarkIntihar, Mar 27, 2012
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