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How to tag someone in a post?

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tggzzz:

--- Quote from: brucehoult on February 23, 2024, 12:17:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 23, 2024, 11:51:48 am ---Please do not "tag" or "mention" someone.
Please do quote their points.

--- End quote ---

And if the person you want to mention has not been involved in the thread, quite possibly is not aware that it even exists, but is known to be expert on the matters being discussed?

--- End quote ---

Include a link to one or more of the experts posts?
PM the expert?

But maybe the expert has seen the thread and doesn't want to be involved. There are some Awful/Aweful Examples of threads started by certain incontinent posters :(

brucehoult:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 23, 2024, 01:19:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: brucehoult on February 23, 2024, 12:17:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 23, 2024, 11:51:48 am ---Please do not "tag" or "mention" someone.
Please do quote their points.

--- End quote ---

And if the person you want to mention has not been involved in the thread, quite possibly is not aware that it even exists, but is known to be expert on the matters being discussed?

--- End quote ---

Include a link to one or more of the experts posts?
PM the expert?

But maybe the expert has seen the thread and doesn't want to be involved. There are some Awful/Aweful Examples of threads started by certain incontinent posters :(

--- End quote ---

I'm not a fan of arguments along the lines of "We shouldn't have fast cars / guns / pseudoephedrine / modems / books because bad people exist who might use them in a bad way".

There are mechanisms to deal with bad people directly, without taking away useful things from normal people.

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: brucehoult on February 23, 2024, 02:03:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 23, 2024, 01:19:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: brucehoult on February 23, 2024, 12:17:15 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 23, 2024, 11:51:48 am ---Please do not "tag" or "mention" someone.
Please do quote their points.

--- End quote ---

And if the person you want to mention has not been involved in the thread, quite possibly is not aware that it even exists, but is known to be expert on the matters being discussed?

--- End quote ---

Include a link to one or more of the experts posts?
PM the expert?

But maybe the expert has seen the thread and doesn't want to be involved. There are some Awful/Aweful Examples of threads started by certain incontinent posters :(

--- End quote ---

I'm not a fan of arguments along the lines of "We shouldn't have fast cars / guns / pseudoephedrine / modems / books because bad people exist who might use them in a bad way".

There are mechanisms to deal with bad people directly, without taking away useful things from normal people.

--- End quote ---

I'll avoid the detour into that rathole territory.

I will note that mechanisms are only useful if reliably enforced. That is far from guaranteed. Take, for example, the "thanks" mechanism on this website; there's at least one poster that thanks every response in the myriad of twattish threads he has started. (N.B. some people directly tell him he is an idiot, and he thanks them!)

luudee:

I have read all the post so far, and must say it is quite interesting to see the different opinions.

So, how about this:
IMHO, I believe that tagging should be available in the forum.
However, I also believe that each user should be able to turn tagging notifications off is s/he desires.

That way everybody goes home a winner !  :)

Cheers,
rudi

PlainName:

--- Quote ---So, how about this:
IMHO, I believe that tagging should be available in the forum.
However, I also believe that each user should be able to turn tagging notifications off is s/he desires.
--- End quote ---

Everyone wouldn't be a winner, unfortunately. The dislike of mentions by tggzzz seems to be not because they might get one but because other users might post and/or receive them.

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