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Title: @Mentions
Post by: andrewg on July 05, 2014, 08:26:01 am
Hello All

Just a quick note to let you know a little bit about the new @Mentions feature that has been added to the forum. This feature allows you to mention someone in a post and have that person notified of this mention via their IYNO profile. This is a good way to bring a post or an entire thread to another users attention.

To mention someone in a post simply type the @ symbol followed by the persons username. As you type the forum will assist you by listing usernames that contain what you have written so far. For example to mention AndrewG (yes I know I am talking to myself) I would type @AndrewG

(http://s2.postimg.org/dronli21h/Andrew.png) (http://postimage.org/)

If you have been mentioned in a post a notification will be added to your Profile Menu. Clicking this notification will take you to an information page displaying the post that the mention was posted in, a link to this post and who the mention was posted by.

(http://s1.postimg.org/r7qzcsghn/Mention_Notification.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/r7qzcsghn/)

This feature was added as a result of community feedback (http://internationalyn.org/forum/index.php/topic,18009.0.html). Cheers to @Delta for making it all happen!
For any further information or assistance please feel free to contact me via PM or Yahoo Messenger.
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: Riley_Gautier on July 05, 2014, 08:53:37 am
Ah Ace! This will come in such good use! Cheers @AndrewG
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: nudistboy26 on July 05, 2014, 09:00:31 am
It works so well, nice one  @AndrewG and @Delta
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: Il_lore on July 05, 2014, 09:34:53 am
Nice function!
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: Delta on July 05, 2014, 09:39:26 am
Cheers to @Delta for making it all happen!
This is precisely why I was against it. Just prefixing any name with @ is one of those Twitterisms I find every bit as annoying as hashtags. I hope this is going to be used in a more sensible way after the initial excitement is over. You know, like the @-syntax was used before Twitter, at the beginning of a paragraph to indicate it concerns a certain previous poster, or maybe in a line of its own to invite someone to the discussion.
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: nudistboy26 on July 05, 2014, 09:49:41 am
Cheers to @Delta for making it all happen!
This is precisely why I was against it. Just prefixing any name with @ is one of those Twitterisms I find every bit as annoying as hashtags. I hope this is going to be used in a more sensible way after the initial excitement is over. You know, like the @-syntax was used before Twitter, at the beginning of a paragraph to indicate it concerns a certain previous poster, or maybe in a line of its own to invite someone to the discussion.

Yes, it should only be used sparingly when wanting to make an important point to someone, that you want to make sure they get.
But for that its very useful.
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: andrewg on July 05, 2014, 12:21:28 pm
Cheers to @Delta for making it all happen!
This is precisely why I was against it. Just prefixing any name with @ is one of those Twitterisms I find every bit as annoying as hashtags. I hope this is going to be used in a more sensible way after the initial excitement is over. You know, like the @-syntax was used before Twitter, at the beginning of a paragraph to indicate it concerns a certain previous poster, or maybe in a line of its own to invite someone to the discussion.

I did that just for you Delta  :wink: The first and last I promise!  :laugh:
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: Lang on July 05, 2014, 09:54:44 pm
this is amazing. well done!
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: Dan on July 05, 2014, 10:21:16 pm
I think it can be useful, I stop watching threads when I think the conversation turns stale even though it may go on for pages.

So now if someone mentions me I'll know.

P.S.: Gratuitous mention of @Delta
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: dooley1001 on July 06, 2014, 02:15:20 am
I like this new feature :)
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: aloriankai on July 06, 2014, 02:43:16 am


This will be a very useful feature when somebody wants to say give a shout out to someone in the community, and let them know that they are visiting or nearby (i probably might if i ever get a chance to head up to south florida)
thanks for it!
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: Lang on July 06, 2014, 05:07:50 am
just out of curiosity, does this work in the title of a topic or just in the comments of a topic?
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: andrewg on July 06, 2014, 05:14:38 am
just out of curiosity, does this work in the title of a topic or just in the comments of a topic?

Only works in the main content section not in the title.
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: mynick81 on July 06, 2014, 02:59:49 pm
Thanks @AndrewG - nice feature!
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: JoshVi on July 06, 2014, 08:24:16 pm
@AndrewG Wow man this is jut Awesome!
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: Rob N on July 12, 2014, 05:56:28 pm
That is a great new addition, and will make conversations and comments so much easier to bring to the attention of the person you want. Thanks for another step in making this site more user friendly. Also I promise not to over use it. Thanks Delta and Andrew. :cheesy:
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: nudistboy26 on July 12, 2014, 06:15:42 pm
That is a great new addition, and will make conversations and comments so much easier to bring to the attention of the person you want. Thanks for another step in making this site more user friendly. Also I promise not to over use it. Thanks Delta and Andrew. :cheesy:

Very impressive restraint  :smiley:
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: scott1987 on October 01, 2014, 09:54:19 pm
Good innovation, more forums need this!
Title: Re: New Feature: @Mentions
Post by: Norternmike24 on October 01, 2014, 10:11:03 pm
That's a really neat feature. Thanks for the notification.
Title: Re: @Mentions
Post by: NudieDaniel on November 01, 2018, 10:30:24 pm
Just moved it here since we've had this feature for years now. Hopefully this will make this thread more noticeable for new members