Only one addtional @user

Ask Question

Asked 1 year, 8 months ago

Active 1 year, 8 months ago

Viewed 329 times

6

Why do we have this restriction?

@notify

There are many circumstances where it is natural to cite several users (especially when several=two) in one comment.

edited May 4 '20 at 4:58

Martin Sleziak

4,3921 gold badge44 silver badges93 bronze badges

asked May 3 '20 at 21:15

Joseph O'Rourke

142k28 silver badges44 bronze badges

6

$\begingroup$ The system using at-sign is a potential source for spamming individuals with irrelevant messages. To limit its abuse certain restrictions are in place, with the single user being one of them. Perhaps someone will provide a helpful link to documentation about this system. Gerhard "This Is Where It's At" Paseman, 2020.05.03. $\endgroup$
– Gerhard Paseman
May 3 '20 at 22:51
6

$\begingroup$ If it's important to cite two users, leave two comments. $\endgroup$
– Gerry Myerson
May 3 '20 at 22:55
3

$\begingroup$ Some related posts: How do comment replies work? - section: Can I notify more than one person at a time?, Allow more than one @name notification per comment, comment to two participants, Simultaneously. This was introduced probably at some point in 2011: Should we discourage the use of multiple redundant @username pings in comments? $\endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
May 4 '20 at 4:08
$\begingroup$ Just to clarify - your preference would be to have the situation before this change? (I.e., multiple @username is allowed, but only the first one creates the notification.) Or your preference would be to having possibility to ping several users by the same comment? $\endgroup$
– Martin Sleziak
May 4 '20 at 5:01
1

$\begingroup$ @MartinSleziak: The latter: ping several users in the same comment. But now I see the history behind the restriction. $\endgroup$
– Joseph O'Rourke
May 4 '20 at 10:55
2

$\begingroup$ Does this answer your question? Should I be able to notify multiple people with the same comment? $\endgroup$
– LSpice
May 5 '20 at 15:05

Add a comment |

0

You must log in to answer this question.

Browse other questions tagged discussion comments users comment-notification .

MathOverflow Meta works best with JavaScript enabled