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I am replying to a Q&A Question and want to "@mention" the original poster in my comment/answer. But if I enter "@" followed by the name displayed at the top of the post, I get a long list of matching names. How can I pick out the OP from this list?
e.g. https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/answers/questions/5544370/single-line-view-new-outlook
Hi,
Picking the right user from the mention list can be tricky, unless their username or profile picture really stands out. We've received similar feedback before and have asked for the option to tag users by profile ID, which is a unique identifier. There's no ETA yet, but the request has been logged and acknowledged by engineering.
-- tag users by profile ID
(Using the link in my original question for Sarah Martin as an example)
Which one do you mean?
1 -- Single Left Click or Right click and "Open in New Window". Which gets you:
https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/users/sarahmartin-7968/
2 -- Right click and "Copy Link Address". Which gets you:
https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/users/na/?userid=6fdd903d-1101-4541-948d-4497d9c5815b
3 -- Or just "@sarahmartin-7968".
I'm voting for #3.
Which also brings up the questions
1 -- Why isn't the OP shown as "SarahMartin-7968" in the first place? Like I'm shown as "Hornblower409-4652" even though my User Name is just "Hornblower409".
Hi,
The difference is that one is the profile username and the other is the profile display name. For example, my display name is Alison A, but my profile username is alisona.
This is also a user ID:
Perhaps I should have used the word username and not profile ID, as it can be confusing. However, both the username and user ID are unique identifiers, and hopefully either can be used to tag users correctly in the future.
-- either can be used to tag users correctly in the future.
Thank you for the explanation. For myself, I'll take anything that lets me uniquely identify a user in an "@Mention".
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(67.2, 19%, 16%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3ESK%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
The easiest alternative is to copy and paste the profile name from the first screen capture.
<Japanese>
一番簡単な代替方法として、最初の画面キャプチャーのプロファイル名をコピー＆ペーストしてください。
That's what I did in the example. You still get a long list of duplicate names. Try it.
Mention Test.
ps.
This is the source I checked after pasting.
[Hornblower409-4652](https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/users/na/?userid=2dbc5719-5384-49e6-ba09-dd329a10c3a0)
How did you construct the link to "Hornblower409-4652" in your comment?
If I enter "@Hornblower409-4652" I get
If I enter "@Hornblower409" I get
If I enter just "@Hornblower" I get
And if I pick myself, I get the link
The only way I can seem to reproduce your link is to do it manually.
And I did not get a "You were mentioned ..." email notification from your link. But I did from mine.
I'm sorry.
The way I posted didn't result in a mention.
I'll receive an email notification once I post, so do I still need to mention them?
Wouldn't it be fine to just make the profile name visible?
<Japanese>
失礼しました。
私が投稿した方法では、メンションではありませんでした。
投稿したらメール通知されるのでメンションする必要がありますか？
プロファイル名を可視表示する程度でもいいのでは？