Muhammad Farrukh Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Okay, so here is an idea. You guys might know of this, but oh well Sometimes, there are threads where we want to get input from someone but its not possible without messaging them privately about it. For example, if I create a thread about something in Gamer's Hangout and want Anaron' input in it, I would write @Anaron and it will show up in his/her notification center as Muhammad Farrukh mentioned you in 'XYZ THREAD' So he will know that his/her input is required there. Is it possible/plausible? Regards... HighwayGlider, The Evil Overlord and Lighthalzen 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Facebook does this. Be interesting to see something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Who's your avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted June 19, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted June 19, 2013 Zenforo has this functionality in their forums as well i believe. I actually wouldn't mind seeing this implemented here on Neowin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesingh Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 This is a really nice idea and a quick way to get answers from known members with knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-Tech Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Who's your avatar? Barbara Palvin i think..... Crisp 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zlip792 MVC Posted June 19, 2013 MVC Share Posted June 19, 2013 its added in IP Suite 4.0, so on next upgrade might be.. Otherwise Neowin had to use some new addons, hooks or trickery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theslam08 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 ^^Yup, if neowin doesnt want to wait for 4.0 (im sure they will probably wait until 4.0.4+ or 4.1 even, to wait for stableness), there is actually a paid modification for the current IPB (which now neowin is on), that does exactly what OP is asking. Its called @Mentions. About $18 for the add-on. Fantastic feature I agree, should be default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted June 20, 2013 Administrators Share Posted June 20, 2013 I can see that being abused.. I wouldn't want members summoning me to every problem posted here all the time :/ Mohitster, +Zlip792 and Dick Montage 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Who's your avatar? Candice Swanopel <--- Spellcheck I think Crisp 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted June 20, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted June 20, 2013 I can see that being abused.. I wouldn't want members summoning me to every problem posted here all the time :/Yep, it could be abused. It would be an interesting feature to include though if we could put some sort of restrictions in place. Candice Swanopel <--- Spellcheck I think Candice Swanepoel. No it isn't. Some people, I don't know... :p Muhammad Farrukh and The Evil Overlord 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan~ Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Not too sure about abused, I thought that was the whole idea of moderators to action punishment to anyone who is reported for abusing the system? Holding off an idea because of a minority may do something is odd indeed. Same as making the site with a forum, some people will abuse it, but you have moderators/admins to keep that under control I would have thought anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Not too sure about abused, I thought that was the whole idea of moderators to action punishment to anyone who is reported for abusing the system? Holding off an idea because of a minority may do something is odd indeed. Same as making the site with a forum, some people will abuse it, but you have moderators/admins to keep that under control I would have thought anyway I get what you're saying, but I think Neobond also was right, afterall, mods aren't online 24/7 and they can only act once they recieve a report or two. But if a few users who have been (at the risk of using an unaccepatble word) 'butthurt' suddenly report something mods have no choice to let pass for some reason or other, then decide to contact admin, the admin are just going to get annoyed and frustrated, this eventually would lead to a drop in quality on the site as staff would just start thinking, 'what's the point?' It's a nice idea, but a user needs advice on a certain item, or way of executing a certain task, I'd suggest contacting anyone with an MVC title, in a polite manner, or use the search to see if the problem has been answered in a previous thread. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted June 21, 2013 Administrators Share Posted June 21, 2013 Not too sure about abused, I thought that was the whole idea of moderators to action punishment to anyone who is reported for abusing the system? Holding off an idea because of a minority may do something is odd indeed. Same as making the site with a forum, some people will abuse it, but you have moderators/admins to keep that under control I would have thought anyway In a perfect world, yeah.. but it's also the reason we never allowed negative rep votes. We turned it on and the amount of a minority immediately started abusing it, making it pointless. It's a perfect way to troll members you don't like by voting everything they post down, and the same would happen if you could "summon" someone to a thread. It works well on Facebook, because you know, the people tagging your name are friends that you've actually allowed. Here that isn't the case. Actually, thinking about that if summoning worked only with your "friends" it could work, you just remove whoever is abusing it from your friends list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Hello, I can see that being abused.. I wouldn't want members summoning me to every problem posted here all the time :/Completely agree. And imagine the double or triple posting in a thread mentioned the same member over and over....it would be a mess! Actually, thinking about that if summoning worked only with your "friends" it could work, you just remove whoever is abusing it from your friends list.That would be the only intresting method to do it. Or have members personally have the ability to turn off being mentioned and notified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1911 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I can see that being abused.. I wouldn't want members summoning me to every problem posted here all the time :/ If there is a setting then you can add yourself to exclusion list. So you can never be summoned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Every networking topic: @BudMan +Zlip792, HighwayGlider and Brandon H 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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