Mentioning and tagging users

[Lord Bracknell]

Can I just have a brief MOAN?

I'm not at all keen on receiving a "notification" that someone has quoted a post of mine in a thread. Life is too short to be bothered by having to open up NSC notifications, other than for private messages.

 

[Kazenga <3]

[MENTION=6]Lord Bracknell[/MENTION] - deal with it.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Quite agree [MENTION=6]Lord Bracknell[/MENTION].

Edit: Whoops. Sorry!

 

[The Ringleader Returns!]

Can I just have a brief MOAN?

I'm not at all keen on receiving a "notification" that someone has quoted a post of mine in a thread. Life is too short to be bothered by having to open up NSC notifications, other than for private messages.

Surely there will be an option to turn it off somewehre...

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

[MENTION=12020]Keeping The Dream Alive.[/MENTION]

Happy?

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

[MENTION=9458]Conboy[/MENTION]

No. Confused...

EDIT: Happy now

 

[Braders]

[MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] .... nice idea , really like this

 

[perth seagull]

So what is the point of this feature? As all it does is link to the member's user page (does anyone actually read them?).

 

[Bozza]

So what is the point of this feature? As all it does is link to the member's user page (does anyone actually read them?).

Simply if you want a specific someone to look at a thread they are more likely to do so if you 'mention' them in the thread as they will receive a notification.

Previously if I randomly typed perth seagull into a thread it is very hit and miss whether you'd see that or not.

Now when I say [MENTION=16]perth seagull[/MENTION] you'll get a notification and you're more likely to come here. The link to the profile is just a by-product really.

 

[Seagull27]

What's the difference between 'mentioning' and 'tagging'?

 

[Bozza]

A mention is when you @ someone or use the Mention button to wrap [ MENTION] around a name that is present in a post.

A tag is where you use the 'User tag list' at the top of each thread to add an NSC user. Their name doesn't appear in the thread itself, as is the case with a mention.

 

[Brovion]

Simply if you want a specific someone to look at a thread they are more likely to do so if you 'mention' them in the thread as they will receive a notification.

Previously if I randomly typed perth seagull into a thread it is very hit and miss whether you'd see that or not.

Now when I say [MENTION=16]perth seagull[/MENTION] you'll get a notification and you're more likely to come here. The link to the profile is just a by-product really.

Is there a way to turn these notifications off? There isn't a specific setting in my user profile.

 

[Simster]

Is there a way to turn these notifications off? There isn't a specific setting in my user profile.

Presumably this is done from the notifications tab in Facebook, once you've attached your FB profile to your NSC username obviously.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Is there a way to turn these notifications off? There isn't a specific setting in my user profile.

This.

Presumably this is done from the notifications tab in Facebook, once you've attached your FB profile to your NSC username obviously.

What FB profile?

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

This.


What FB profile?

Both of these.

 

[Dave the OAP]

so are you saying that every time someone tags you you receive a mail somewhere to say you have been tagged? like in Facebook ?

any chance in switching this off as my mail gets filled with spam as it is

 

[Brovion]

Presumably this is done from the notifications tab in Facebook, once you've attached your FB profile to your NSC username obviously.

I'm not on Facebook so I'm guessing none of this applies to me? In other words are the notifications all driven by Facebook and not NSC?

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

I need to go and lie down in a darkened room

 

[Admin]

so are you saying that every time someone tags you you receive a mail somewhere to say you have been tagged? like in Facebook ?

any chance in switching this off as my mail gets filled with spam as it is

No. NSC notifications, somewhere on the top right of your NSC page, will say 'Notifications: 1'. I'll [MENTION=20]granny weatherwax[/MENTION] you so you can see.

I'm not on Facebook so I'm guessing none of this applies to me? In other words are the notifications all driven by Facebook and not NSC?

This has nothing to do with Facebook at all - it's completely internal to NSC.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It acts like a private message in notifications?