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Old 23-06-2019, 08:53 AM   #1
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If I tag a registered user (presuming this is enabled here using the “@ username” tag, do they get a pop-up window to notify them - or does it just add one to their existing notifications count?
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Old 23-06-2019, 09:02 AM   #2
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User tagging is not enabled here.
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Old 23-06-2019, 09:06 AM   #3
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Clears that up, doesn’t it? Cheers!
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Old 24-06-2019, 03:09 PM   #4
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Has it been considered? On some forums it works well as a useful feature.
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Old 24-06-2019, 04:18 PM   #5
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Can't say it has but we can always look at it.
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Old 25-06-2019, 10:10 AM   #6
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I actually like the idea. Never considered that it would work well ina forum environment. Be interested to see what you find Russ.
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Old 25-06-2019, 10:25 AM   #7
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I mainly saw the benefit in being able to attract attention of a single preferred respondent to a post or situation. Limiting tags to one-per-post would possibly help it stay on track.
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The standard VB product has a thread tagger (a system that allows user to apply their own keywords (tags) to threads) but one of the installed add-ons has a built in user tagger which apparently contains the following features in the standard version we have installed:

Emails:
  • Email alerts
  • Globally disable emails for any of the features
General Features:
  • Ability to disable Tag list entirely for guests
  • Globally disable any of the features
General:
  • Statistics Page: Top X Thread Tagged, Top 5 Mentioned
  • "Mention" alerts: Type @username to mention someone, and link to their profile. Email & forum notification
  • Quote alerts: Email & forum notification
  • Tag a user in a thread to alert them to the thread via a box above threads
  • View list of tagged users above threads, with link to see all tags
  • Profile Tabs: Lists both incoming and outgoing mentions, quotes and thread tags
  • Control how many users to display in inline tag list
  • Turn statistics page on & off
  • Control BBCode for mentioned usernames
  • Turn features on & off per category
  • Globally disable email alerts
  • Ability to set maximum mentions per post (default: unlimited)
The Pro version adds a whole lot more stuff that's probably not really necessary ...
  • Emails:
    • Per-user email disable for any of the 4 features
  • General:
    • Ability to tag all your friends by checking a checkbox instead of typing out usernames
    • Turn off alerts from everyone except friends
    • Hide forum notifications for individual features
    • Turn off email alerts for individual features
    • Turn tag list off
    • Control number of users displayed on Top X Stats
    • Hide "@" on mentions
    • Additional BBCode (Bold, Italic, Highlight) for mentions
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So it’s basically set up, but dormant.

I’d really strongly urge not going with the unlimited default; no relevant admin experiences but a strong desire to keep the FB style “tag all your friends so they come and make a superficial comment” trait away. It also would slow people from inviting all their mates to a dispute - and look at how the roundabout thread went without such facility; why risk amplification?
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The mention @ user in particular can be very useful - if there's a particular user who is knowledgeable with a certain problem and may be able to help, it's a good way of attracting their attention to a thread. I don't see the need to mention more than 2 or 3 users in a single post.


Eg: @Citroënbender and @russellw know quite a bit about this, they may be able to help.
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