[member=105127]ebastler[/member]
I'm the laziest asshole in the universe, so I simply copied the text you quoted
@ebastler
Hmm, I changed UID to mine and got no notification. Or maybe I need to enable something, dunno.
I only see a checkbox to enable or disable email notifications of mentions. (Mine is unchecked.) Is there another option which enables the mention mechanism per se?
I just asked the guy who "mentioned" me how he did it. Let's see...
Today I saw, for the first time I believe, my "Profile" button highlighted and indicating a new "mention". And indeed there was a post which mentioned @ebastler, where the username was also an active link to the profile, and the reference had triggered the (unobtrusive) notification to me.
To me it seems like "@username" is stored as plaintext, but then why some are rendered as links some are not is quite puzzling. If it is not stored as plaintext, why if I quote your reply the mention becomes alive, then something on the server side should convert it to a mention but why it does not work for you then.
When you quote this and post, @ebastler, does it become plain text ?
To me it seems like "@username" is stored as plaintext, but then why some are rendered as links some are not is quite puzzling. If it is not stored as plaintext, why if I quote your reply the mention becomes alive, then something on the server side should convert it to a mention but why it does not work for you then.
When you quote this and post, @ebastler, does it become plain text ?
That is an interesting experiment, thanks for the suggestion. I don't think the "mention" links will disappear by my quoting, since I see the [member] tags in the plain-text rendition of the quote.
I can, in fact, create such links myself by typing out the whole tag, like so: @username. But that's quite impractical, since I first need to look up the user's account number. In fact, only that number determines where the link goes to; the text between the tags seems arbitrary.
Horrible, isn't it.
I don't want to be mentioned. I do want my points to be discussed.
This "mentioning" is merely copying the sub-standard FarceBoor, Twatterfeaturesbugs. Those superficial transient websites prevent decent quoting, thus preventing subtle valuable discussions. I don't want that here, thank you very much.
Horrible, isn't it.
I don't want to be mentioned. I do want my points to be discussed.
This "mentioning" is merely copying the sub-standard FarceBoor, Twatterfeaturesbugs. Those superficial transient websites prevent decent quoting, thus preventing subtle valuable discussions. I don't want that here, thank you very much.
I would find a working "mentioning" function quite useful.
If I want to discuss someone's points, I insert suitable quotes of the relevant sections of their post, and of course I don't want that functionality to be removed. But in addition to that, at times I want to bring something to the attention of a specific user, who may not even be an active participant of the ongoing discussion. (Without doing that "in the back room" via a PM.) The mention function would allow for that nicely.
Not to say, small dopamine spikes can be very addictive for some. With time, the mentioning practice might turn some people into attention-whores, just like the "Say Thanks" button already turned some people here into thumbs-up whores, complaining for why not pressing "Say Thanks" after explicitly writing "thank you all".
Mentioning is rude, for "gossiping" about someone who's not there. Also, "forces" the notified to take a side/stance/action about whatever it was discussed there. Maybe the notified is not interested at all into that subject. Then, joining to that talk will force the notified into wasting own time to investigate the history and context of that notification. Not nice.
Not to say, small dopamine spikes can be very addictive for some. With time, the mentioning practice might turn some people into attention-whores, just like the "Say Thanks" button already turned some people here into thumbs-up whores, complaining for why not pressing "Say Thanks" after explicitly writing "thank you all".
Mentioning is rude, for "gossiping" about someone who's not there. Also, "forces" the notified to take a side/stance/action about whatever it was discussed there. Maybe the notified is not interested at all into that subject. Then, joining to that talk will force the notified into wasting own time to investigate the history and context of that notification. Not nice.
Chill
They are a bad concept originating on platforms that were deliberately enshittified for commercial reasons.
They encourage egoboos and emphasise personalities. On technical forums it is better to emphasise points and counter-points, arguments and counter-arguments
I don't want to be mentioned. I do want my points to be discussed.
This "mentioning" is merely copying the sub-standard FarceBoor, Twatterfeaturesbugs. Those superficial transient websites prevent decent quoting, thus preventing subtle valuable discussions. I don't want that here, thank you very much.
Always please discuss about what was written, not about the person who wrote.
So, quote the text you wish to refer to, and please don't use the mentioning notification.
Not to say, small dopamine spikes can be very addictive for some. With time, the mentioning practice might turn some people into attention-whores, just like the "Say Thanks" button already turned some people here into thumbs-up whores, complaining for why not pressing "Say Thanks" after explicitly writing "thank you all".
Does it tell you who mentioned you and in which thread?
Seriously though: I have never observed complaints about a missing "thank you", and I find that mechanism helpful.
Does it tell you who mentioned you and in which thread? I think I would quickly develop a sense for whether to click on the notification or not, like I already have a sense for whether to read new posts to a thread I'm following based on the last poster's username
A mechanism is a mechanism. It can be used to provoke people to get involved in drama, or it can be used to notify them of stuff they may potentially care about but have missed. It's like CC somebody on a mailing list. How it will end up used is determined by the users and moderation.
That being said, I see almost nobody using "mentions" here, so not a problem?
Does it tell you who mentioned you and in which thread? I think I would quickly develop a sense for whether to click on the notification or not, like I already have a sense for whether to read new posts to a thread I'm following based on the last poster's username
Anyway, nobody asked to remove the 'Say Thanks'.
Only saying sending unblockable notifications is bad. It is no different than spam.
[1]And notice how I've "maliciously" "mentioned" you in this post. At least I didn't insert an incorrect number