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How to tag someone in a post?
metebalci:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 23, 2024, 11:14:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: PlainName on February 23, 2024, 11:08:22 pm ---
--- 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.
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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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I think they are a bad concept arising from flaws in platforms deliberately enshittified for commercial reasons.
I would be partially mollified if I could stop other people tagging me. Obviously that's a non-starter.
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Just trying to understand. If I want to say in a post something about you wrote, you prefer me to write "tggzzz said ..." rather than "@tggzzz said..." ? You mentioned "quote" should be used but independent of its use, there is a need for a "mention"=reference to someone in a text.
If you are against mentions because of notifications, I definitely agree that there has to be a setting and maybe it should be an opt-in.
The use of at symbol is probably due to both aesthetics (easy to distinguish the username) and a technical reason (because it is not just a word). So I am in favor of its usage but together with an option to disable the notifications.
PlainName:
--- Quote from: Wil_Bloodworth on February 23, 2024, 11:55:58 pm ---If I don't like something, I can just "walk away"... I know... it's shocking... you can actually leave.
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Mate, this is the internet. You gotta get your priorities right.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: metebalci on February 24, 2024, 05:10:42 am ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 23, 2024, 11:14:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: PlainName on February 23, 2024, 11:08:22 pm ---
--- 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.
--- End quote ---
I think they are a bad concept arising from flaws in platforms deliberately enshittified for commercial reasons.
I would be partially mollified if I could stop other people tagging me. Obviously that's a non-starter.
--- End quote ---
Just trying to understand. If I want to say in a post something about you wrote, you prefer me to write "tggzzz said ..." rather than "@tggzzz said..." ? You mentioned "quote" should be used but independent of its use, there is a need for a "mention"=reference to someone in a text.
If you are against mentions because of notifications, I definitely agree that there has to be a setting and maybe it should be an opt-in.
The use of at symbol is probably due to both aesthetics (easy to distinguish the username) and a technical reason (because it is not just a word). So I am in favor of its usage but together with an option to disable the notifications.
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None of that, as I have previously and explicitly stated.
If you want to say something about one of my posts, quote that post. Don't make it about me. Do make it about what I said.
There are far too many people who deliberately choose to make strawman arguments so they can advance their own contentions. That's reprehensible.
For those with limited comprehension abilities (or who have other agendas), there's no problem in advancing their own contentions per se. But misrepresenting someone in not acceptable
tggzzz:
@PlainName I agree. Repeat I disagree.
That's a crude extreme example of how merely mentioning someone is poor style and untasteful. While both of those statements is true, the lost context is critical.
It could, heaven forbid, be used as a "weapon": add such a tag to many posts in a tiny font so the recipient gets inundated but other people don't notice, or be malicious by using the wrong member id :)
T3sl4co1l:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 24, 2024, 11:52:12 am ---@PlainName I agree. Repeat I disagree.
That's a crude extreme example of how merely mentioning someone is poor style and untasteful. While both of those statements is true, the lost context is critical.
It could, heaven forbid, be used as a "weapon": add such a tag to many posts in a tiny font so the recipient gets inundated but other people don't notice, or be malicious by using the wrong member id :)
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It seems unlikely one could generate enough conspiracy to create a DDoS this way, and a lone actor can simply be reported to admin and banned. It's... not difficult, there are systems in place for this already. ???
Tim
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