Forum feature request - mentions

[Henrik]

I'm using various social media, and one feature I really like is called "mentions". You prefix a user name with the @ sign, and that makes the name a link to that user's profile. Like I would type "thanks for the recipe, @johndoe", and the last word (@johndoe) would be a link to the user profile. I did some searching to see if vBulletin supports it, and it does, but a plugin (or mod as they like to call it) must be installed. I found one here:

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=242733

But there are most likely others to choose from also. What do you all think?

[Huskee]

I wholeheartedly support this, and as in Instagram or Facebook, the mentionee receives a notification that someone said something @ or about them.

Good work Henrik! Maybe we can get a word into the IT folks so that when we upgrade soon it can begin!

By the way, I'm moving this to the Suggestion Box!

[David Parrish]

I'll forward this on to the IT folks. I know they're going to say it's low priority until we're done with the update to vBulletin 5.1.3, so even if approved it might not happen for a few weeks.

Henrik, thanks for the suggestion!