Why do people post @<name>?

[TheKingGriefer]

Sometimes I see people post @<name> on the forums. Does it do anything?

@TeslaShockwave I saw do it, so I'll leave that as a test.

[Cyberdevil]

At 6/14/14 04:02 PM, TheKingGriefer wrote: @TeslaShockwave I saw do it, so I'll leave that as a test.

He should be getting a notification about this post in his feed right about now. :)

@username is a way of notifying a user about something. It works in BBS posts and newspost comments/comment replies, also works even quoted text, so he'll get a notification about this response too. It's like quoting a user, but without a quote. As a topic creator, you'll get a notification when someone responds to your topic too btw.

[TheKingGriefer]

At 6/14/14 04:28 PM, Cyberdevil wrote:

At 6/14/14 04:02 PM, TheKingGriefer wrote: @TeslaShockwave I saw do it, so I'll leave that as a test.

He should be getting a notification about this post in his feed right about now. :)

@username is a way of notifying a user about something. It works in BBS posts and newspost comments/comment replies, also works even quoted text, so he'll get a notification about this response too. It's like quoting a user, but without a quote. As a topic creator, you'll get a notification when someone responds to your topic too btw.

So if I were to @ a shitload of people in a random thread, it might get it a fuckton of attention? Sounds abusable.

[Cyberdevil]

At 6/14/14 05:44 PM, TheKingGriefer wrote:

@username is a way of notifying a user about something. It works in BBS posts and newspost comments/comment replies, also works even quoted text, so he'll get a notification about this response too. It's like quoting a user, but without a quote. As a topic creator, you'll get a notification when someone responds to your topic too btw.

So if I were to @ a shitload of people in a random thread, it might get it a fuckton of attention? Sounds abusable.

I'd expect abusing the feature could get you banned... even if there is no specific rule saying so. :) It's just like spamming people with PMs or comments. As for mass @s, for group events or collabs it can be pretty useful!

[Bmwd]

At 6/14/14 04:02 PM, TheKingGriefer wrote: Sometimes I see people post @<name> on the forums. Does it do anything?

@TeslaShockwave I saw do it, so I'll leave that as a test.

@TheKingGriefer
It does whenever you click on the reply button and add a @
You can do whatever you want as long as you don't do mean stuff towards NG users

[Painbringer]

I'm sure it originated in the comments section of video and news websites where there is no button for quoting other users.