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Can I use @Username to notify users from within my question or answer?
If I write a question or an answer, sometimes I want to notify specific users because of the context of my question or answer (for example if I post a follow-up question to an answer from another question).
Can I use the comment function @Username to notify users from within my question or answer?
Let's please not! I know different people have different views on this, but if the focus is on the question and on ge …
4y ago
Not at the moment, and it's not a planned feature. To be able to do this, we'd need to find a way to design the feature …
4y ago
I totally agree that this is a feature i'd prefer to be left out. It is to hard to implement in a way that doesn't get a …
4y ago
This is not only a bad idea for the reasons already outlined in existing answers, but: Codidact is first and foremost …
2mo ago
If this feature (i.e. notifying user in Q&A body content by "@Username") is NOT implemented, then (IMHO) it should not b …
10mo ago
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I totally agree that this is a feature i'd prefer to be left out. It is to hard to implement in a way that doesn't get abused.
The need for @mentions is rendered essentially moot through the proper implementation of notifications that can be customised by the end user.
IE - I want notifications on any posts or answers i've interacted with including comments.
if i'm a high volume poster modifying that to notifications on posts but not answers or comments.
The only place the @mentions really work is the first use case which, with our notifications doesn't offer us anything new.
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