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Q&A Tagging @username in a question/answer/comment

Comments You are only able to tag users that have interacted with the thread, and the author of the post itself. After typing @ plus the first 3 letters of the username, a popup should appear wher...

posted 1y ago by Moshi‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2023-07-10T06:57:33Z (over 1 year ago)
## Comments

You are only able to tag users that have interacted with the thread, and the author of the post itself. After typing `@` plus the first 3 letters of the username, a popup should appear where you can select the user to mention.

![@da5 shows popup with da5nsy#65176](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/ap0ixxy8cwkv2bsky9ankd7jsnk4)

It is worth noting that it will convert the mention to the user id when the user is selected, for example `@#64176`. It is possible to manually type `@#<user id>`, but it will not mention the user and instead will display it as red.

![Red user is not mentioned](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/atouu14dudoceeu5yhgqblw3s43j)

(Apologies to sau226 on the development server; they just so happen to have the id of `1` there)

## Posts

It is not possible, nor intended to mention people in posts. See this Meta: [*Can I use @Username to notify users from within my question or answer?*](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276600)