Suggestion - Tagging Users in post [Poll!]

[The_Tide_Keeper]

If this has all ready been suggested, I apologize. I read through the stickies and didn't find anything else about this.

Plain and simple, I see a lot of use in having the option to tag other users in post (like you would on facebook).

-- People are bound to mispell names... how would this work?
- People allready type @Usernamehere, it would be simple to do it this way so that when this is typed you recieve a notification
- OR one could be notified when quoted, no misspelling possible

-- Why not just inbox them... no new coding required?
- Inbox is private, lets say the information is useful to others too. Like the value of a red toxic compared to a BEG, people may need this information in the future but the poster needs this information too.
- Inboxing puts the information in several locations, like when a user needs information for an art shop. Its better for all of the information to be on the art thread its self.

-- When would we even use this though?? D:
- Advice threads, one person post a question and two other users talk about something else for a few post. After checking 6 or 7 times only to find that no one has replied yet the user may stop checking and miss the advice they were seeking.
- Moar advice threads, you get a few responses to your question and thank those that help you. You're a good user, you check back a few post after the subject of your trade/art/pet has been dropped and nobody is responding anymore so you go about your buisness and miss an important opinion directed at you.
- Art shops, you've worked your way through to a certain users request after three weeks and the chances that they're still watching your thread are slim but for some reason they didn't give you a reference. You could PM them but then the reference will be buried in your inbox. If you tag them, the reference will be neatly stashed away on your art thread for easy access.

[Liirarwen]

I really like this idea and I definitely see how it could be useful.

The only thing I'm concerned about is if it could actually be implemented? I believe the forum layout is pre-made (I'm not sure if that's the right word but hopefully you know what I mean) and I just don't know if it'd be possible to add something like this to it.

You can always add @usernamehere to any post that you want the person to see, and that person can search with their username as a keyword and the post will come up. And that of course works for any time a person is quoted, since the post shows up as "Usernamehere wrote". Of course the search results area is a little different from having your own little notification area, as you mentioned in your suggestion. Dx

[faraday]

I support this idea! ^^

[DaDwarf]

No support, sorry ^^; CS is not like facebook or Tubmlr, and i dont really see the use in this feature. There are many other things Nick could implement first before doing something like this ^^.

[Panne]

Agreed with DD. CS isn't a social network, I don't see why tagging is really that necessary(not to mention the possibility of the feature being abused, as it constantly already is on other sites).

[Adonis]

Im going to reopen discussion about this and a notifications menu.

I feel as though most arguments against the tagging system are easily refuted.

Many sites have a tagging system,( Flight rising and ComicVine come to mind) and the benefits far outweigh the negatives. One such claim is that it will be abused - That's what our panel of twenty moderators is for. Logically, users would also be able to opt out of being tagged.

A tagging system would simply improve the QoL (Quality of life) on CS as a whole, though enabling you to see if you've been mentioned or quoted in a thread. I don't believe that this should be connected to your inbox, rather, have a separate bar that shows you threads and people that have tagged you.

[sumashira]

This has been suggested here and has 193 "yes" votes. ^^ I'm not sure what the actual outcome is, though - or rather, what mods have said about it.