Tagging a person

Just curious, is there a way that we can tag someone in a thread and they will get a notification similar to Facebook?

For instance, if I were to mention Gugi or Bruno, it would give you a notification so that you could check the thread to see why you may be tagged.

Lets say someone tagged me in a thread about a razor that I had made & didn't recall the steel or something along that line...then I would see the tag and be able to respond accordingly.

I'm sure it has a LOT to do with the base program we are working in, but wanted to ask non the less.

I think it's possible with an additional software, but I'm not sure how desirable it is, so I haven't looked into the details. I guess it's something for the staff to discuss. I'll double check on the feasibility to make sure I'm not wrong about it.

Edit, we're talking about you getting notification if somebody writes in their post @shooter74743 or similar.

Yes, that's correct.

Right now the @ thing is starting to make sense, someone did try to explain it to me a while back but I really didn't get it.
It would possibly be handy if you were trying to arrange something, instead of pm's and then posting a list of who had been told you could just tag them in the post and everyone else could see who had been asked.

In a Forum that is cutting edge this feels like it is moving towards more conventional social media. I guess it is inevitable and could be useful....you could also end up with a bucket full of trash talk.

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Originally Posted by WW243

In a Forum that is cutting edge this feels like it is moving towards more conventional social media. I guess it is inevitable and could be useful....you could also end up with a bucket full of trash talk.

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We don't 'bide none of that there trash talking and blaspheming round these parts.

Seriously though I think the membership here is generally refined enough to know how to behave, and if not, one of this extended family's less kindly uncles could always give the upstart a virtual clip around the ear.

I've occasionally thought how an @-mention feature would be nice. Imagine a post where I say, "I don't rinse my blade, I wipe the lather on my forearm; got the idea from @edhewitt, so I can sue him when it goes south and I slice a tendon." Ed would see a notification that I'd mentioned him in a post.

Pretty cool, though not a feature I've ever seen in a forum, as far as I can recall.

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Originally Posted by deepweeds

I've occasionally thought how an @-mention feature would be nice. Imagine a post where I say, "I don't rinse my blade, I wipe the lather on my forearm; got the idea from @edhewitt, so I can sue him when it goes south and I slice a tendon." Ed would see a notification that I'd mentioned him in a post.

Pretty cool, though not a feature I've ever seen in a forum, as far as I can recall.

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nice namecheck :) its good to be famous for something.

I have never heard of tagging other than for cattle and a variation of the game we played in school called smear the qu**r that had nothing to do with anything other than tackling and piling 10 to 20 boys on top of whoever was willing to run with whatever small object was used to identify the person stupid enough to volunteer to be the qu**r.

However, I do like the idea of blaming Ed and think it should be expanded to blaming him for every razor cut.

I am starting to feel victimised now :)

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Originally Posted by edhewitt

I am starting to feel victimised now :)

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Better than a complex - simple ;)

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Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Better than a complex - simple ;)

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Watch it cheeky :)

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Originally Posted by edhewitt

I am starting to feel victimised now :)

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Like I constantly used to have to say to an old girlfriend, "what can I do to make it up to you?"

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Originally Posted by Utopian

Like I constantly used to have to say to an old girlfriend, "what can I do to make it up to you?"

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You and Trimmy72 can play nicely together :)

Edit: ignore that, i got you and Euclid mixed up.

So this would only work if you put and @ in front of a name then ? I get FB tagged all the time. Have no clue what is going on. Am I ignoring somebody somewhere ? And you guys better be nice to Ed. I hear he has an @worm that will eat your hard drive if he delivers it through a PM.

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Originally Posted by edhewitt

You and Trimmy72 can play nicely together :)

Edit: ignore that, i got you and Euclid mixed up.

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So I don't have to place nice with Trimmy72?

Game on!

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Originally Posted by edhewitt

Seriously though I think the membership here is generally refined enough to know how to behave, and if not, one of this extended family's less kindly uncles could always give the upstart a virtual clip around the ear.

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Frankly, my biggest concern is the stretches of posts like the last dozen or so in this thread. When I think of the advantages and weigh them against what I can imagine these would become I'm very... let's say 'conflicted' ;)

Tagging is, for instance, if a group photo is taken, and if someone tags someone else in the photo for whatever reason (another person in the photo's friends, GF, wife etc..), that photo then makes it out onto that persons FB page and the internet. So a photo of you and some friends, once tagged, could get tagged again and again as it moves through various social circles and could end up anywhere, having been tagged and shared...and if the photo has the names of the people in the photo, now basically your picture and your name, and chances are your location are also now spread all over the internet. Now we all have some exposure to identity theft if someone was specifically looking for you/us per se, but putting your name, photo and location out on that interweb is something I'm not interested in....bit paranoid maybe, but I'm OK with that....:o

I don't know if tagging is the correct term for it, but that's what OP used and from his subsequent explanation I definitely know what he's talking about. When I looked at the additional software to accomplish it to verify it's a feasible feature that's what they call it too, 'tagging', so I think that's probably the accepted term.

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Originally Posted by gugi

I don't know if tagging is the correct term for it, but that's what OP used and from his subsequent explanation I definitely know what he's talking about. When I looked at the additional software to accomplish it to verify it's a feasible feature that's what they call it too, 'tagging', so I think that's probably the accepted term.

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I would be against it personally, usernames and posts flying all over the interwebs would be hilarious as those that didn't know it originated from this forum would be hitting, "reply" and the forum would be flooded with texts from everyone and their Mothers, Fathers, friends, besties, BFF's...LOL...all those emoticons, OMG's, and hashtags....:hmmm:

No, it wouldn't be all over the interweb. When somebody types @Phrank; in the post it will be hyperlinked to your SRP profile page and also on the notification area at the top right where you get notifications for new PMs and new likes you'll have similar ones for posts where somebody has typed @Phrank;

That's all that it is to it.

BTW I took my first selfie with my first bestie just one month ago, so I am a proven conservative, but may be because of that I am fairly open to other people doing whatever floats their boat, as long as I can choose to stay out of it.

There's an elephant in the room.

I regularly look at a blog from Australia about motorcycles which is strange because I have been on one about 3 times in my life. But I do ride a bicycle. I go to the site for the aesthetics of the bikes and the comments of the regular guys who post. Occasionally they really rip into a builder for something they did on the bike and these posts and their retorts can be pretty funny. Sometimes I feel like SRP might benefit from a little more of a bare knuckle approach rather than cravats and top hats. I don't encourage meanness, but a little more constructive criticism, gently pointing out the absurdity, or just a contrary opinion and offering a way to resolve the problem. But, I guess you can't go wrong with : if you don't have something nice to say don't say anything at all.

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Originally Posted by edhewitt

We don't 'bide none of that there trash talking and blaspheming round these parts.

Seriously though I think the membership here is generally refined enough to know how to behave, and if not, one of this extended family's less kindly uncles could always give the upstart a virtual clip around the ear.

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Ok Utopian and Trimmy72, i take back my take back - i just found this from yesterday
http://straightrazorpalace.com/misce...ml#post1443932

Ok. Back on topic, why not trial the @ thing and see how it goes.
would it only be forum members who would be able to do it?

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Originally Posted by WW243

I regularly look at a blog from Australia about motorcycles which is strange because I have been on one about 3 times in my life. But I do ride a bicycle. I go to the site for the aesthetics of the bikes and the comments of the regular guys who post. Occasionally they really rip into a builder for something they did on the bike and these posts and their retorts can be pretty funny. Sometimes I feel like SRP might benefit from a little more of a bare knuckle approach rather than cravats and top hats. I don't encourage meanness, but a little more constructive criticism, gently pointing out the absurdity, or just a contrary opinion and offering a way to resolve the problem. But, I guess you can't go wrong with : if you don't have something nice to say don't say anything at all.

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I agree that we should be able to point out the obvious, and it can be done - just in the right way.
If someone has put a lot of time and effort into making something for themselves, then why do I care if it is ugly as sin or weird looking. If the issue is of a practical nature or the item is going to be made for sale then that's a bit different.

Agreed, if a member posts a pic of his first razor, a 14/8's with scales made from a pallet wood, the comments seem to be encouraging and few. You can see the asterisks I put under my Forum name.....just anticipating the future....I have some impulse control issues. The forum is good for me as a training aid. But I fully expect to be ejected some day.

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Originally Posted by edhewitt

I agree that we should be able to point out the obvious, and it can be done - just in the right way.
If someone has put a lot of time and effort into making something for themselves, then why do I care if it is ugly as sin or weird looking. If the issue is of a practical nature or the item is going to be made for sale then that's a it different.

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Originally Posted by WW243

Agreed, if a member posts a pic of his first razor, a 14/8's with scales made from a pallet wood, the comments seem to be encouraging and few. You can see the asterisks I put under my Forum name.....just anticipating the future....I have some impulse control issues. The forum is good for me as a training aid. But I fully expect to be ejected some day.

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bill, so did i about 6 months or so ago (maybe a bit longer now), i got email addresses for people i was close to here just in case. now i just try to stay away from politics and religion/ posts with slants based on religious viewpoint.

The only downfall of tagging that I can see at this time would be the popular members of this forum getting slammed with additional links to posts. Think about how often Lynn gets referenced & if he was tagged as often as he is referenced it WOULD be a negative...in their eyes. I guess the second downfall would be that it would add to the taxation on the system/server...but that stuff is beyond my knowledge...thus "tagging Gugi & Bruno" with the question.

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Originally Posted by shooter74743

The only downfall of tagging that I can see at this time would be the popular members of this forum getting slammed with additional links to posts. Think about how often Lynn gets referenced & if he was tagged as often as he is referenced it WOULD be a negative...in their eyes. I guess the second downfall would be that it would add to the taxation on the system/server...but that stuff is beyond my knowledge...thus "tagging Gugi & Bruno" with the question.

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That's what I was wondering may happen.....

Maybe there could be a list of those who want to be tagged. This might be particularly useful for vendors.

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Originally Posted by WW243

Maybe there could be a list of those who want to be tagged. This might be particularly useful for vendors.

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i imagine there would be an option to turn off automatic notifications.
a lot of members seem to use the @XXX thing in posts, and probably wonder why the people are ignoring them.
otherwise the @ in front of a name is just a bit annoying.

Administrators,
What has been discussed thus far? Go, no go, maybe, hell no?

The software isn't working at this point, so either the developers fix it, or if I'm to do it it'll have to wait quite a bit. Until then discussing whether to have it or not on SRP is moot.