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[3.0] Notify user when name is mentioned
Kcmartz:
--- Quote from: Xarcell on October 05, 2011, 01:04:22 PM ---Being able to tag a user is something that is sorely needed. It helps keep people engaged in the community, but it is rougher for Admins, Moderators, and Mod Developers.
This can easily be controlled by allowing an option for the user to ingore tags within a topic. For example, a mod developer might want to select ingore being tagged in his/her own mod support topic. In other cases, the ingore option can be used when it is abused within a topic.
Also, you should only be allowed to tag user's that are participating within that particular topic. Otherwise, people will tag users to drag them into a topic conversation they do not care for.
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That's what I think.
N. N.:
--- Quote from: Xarcell on October 05, 2011, 01:04:22 PM ---Also, you should only be allowed to tag user's that are participating within that particular topic. Otherwise, people will tag users to drag them into a topic conversation they do not care for.
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I actually find this less useful then - even redundant in SMF. If you want to attract attention to someone to a topic, it's exactly because they're not participating in it. Otherwise, SMF has its awesome unread replies feature which will do exactly that: keep those who are already participating in a topic, informed about the new activity in the topic.
HecKel:
--- Quote from: Norv on November 13, 2011, 09:31:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: Xarcell on October 05, 2011, 01:04:22 PM ---Also, you should only be allowed to tag user's that are participating within that particular topic. Otherwise, people will tag users to drag them into a topic conversation they do not care for.
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I actually find this less useful then - even redundant in SMF. If you want to attract attention to someone to a topic, it's exactly because they're not participating in it. Otherwise, SMF has its awesome unread replies feature which will do exactly that: keep those who are already participating in a topic, informed about the new activity in the topic.
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The problem with that "awesome" feature is that we can't unsubscribe the topic anymore. If I participate in a long thread and after some point I am no longer interested in that topic, I still have that topic on my "unread replies" feature. That could be improved, something instead of unread replies like unread subscribed topics, and making a replied topic automatically a subscribed one that one could remove that subscription later.
N. N.:
I agree. That's the subject of another feature request, but anyway you're right: turning the default behavior into a more subscription-like feature makes much more helpful, with only the option to unsubscribe even.
Kcmartz:
--- Quote from: HecKel on November 13, 2011, 01:19:34 PM ---The problem with that "awesome" feature is that we can't unsubscribe the topic anymore. If I participate in a long thread and after some point I am no longer interested in that topic, I still have that topic on my "unread replies" feature. That could be improved, something instead of unread replies like unread subscribed topics, and making a replied topic automatically a subscribed one that one could remove that subscription later.
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Yes, this would be better IMO.
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