tagging in private messages

[dvsDave]

Is there anyway to use this in private messages and just exclude the code that lists the mentions to the mentioned user? (since it IS a private message!)

 

[Fillip H.]

Not currently, no, but we may look into adding additional forum areas to the checking code in the future

 

[dvsDave]

Please do! My users aren't happy they can't use this in their PMs! A feature should be consistent across the site. At this time I would also ask if you could enable this in the blogs feature as well (if it isn't already)

 

[Fillip H.]

It's currently only enabled in posts (and thus, threads).

Why do your users want to mention in PMs? I don't understand why you'd want to alert someone to a PM, considering there's already plenty of alerts for new PMs...

 

[dvsDave]

I do NET want there to be a notification for mentions in a private message. Hence my request:

Is there anyway to use this in private messages and just exclude the code that lists the mentions to the mentioned user?

Basically my users like the @username syntax and they want it to be consistent throughout the site.

For example, if my moderators see someone advertising their products on a thread instead of buying advertising from me, they can send a PM to the effect of "hey, I pulled your message because it was advertising. If you would like to advertise, please contact the site admin, @dvsDave "

 

[Fillip H.]

I know you don't want there to be a notification, but the reason why the mention feature was created was to alert users to a specific post.
That's why I asked, tis all