@Mentions Come to BiggerPockets
Thursday, January 05
Hey Everyone! We wanted to start the New Year with style, so we've brought you a new feature that we think will better help you to connect and communicate with others here on the forums.
We've adopted what has become standard protocol on the large social networks -- @ mentions.
Users can now mention their colleagues and those people who have already posted in a thread that you're responding to with the @ symbol.
Simply type your forum post as you normally would, and when you want to mention someone, type @ followed by their name. Once you enter the first two characters of the person's name, it will appear below. Select the person by clicking on their name and you'll have created a mention. You'll know you did it correct when you see the name highlighted in blue.
When you post your message, the person you mention will appear highlighted with the @ symbol in front and they will receive a notification on the site and in their inbox of the mention.
Jump on the forums and give it a go; you can test it out in our thread announcing the feature: BP Update 6.5.1: @Mentions Now Enabled on BiggerPockets
Nick J. Reply
over 1 year ago
whoa!!! That's pretty cool!
Joshua Dorkin Reply
over 1 year ago
Thanks Nick! Hop on, start using it and feel free to tweet this post ;)
David Wedemire Reply
over 1 year ago
Thanks Josh. I like it. A chance to give credit where credit is due.
Will definitely use it.
Jerry Puckett Reply
over 1 year ago
Hey Josh, this is pretty cool; we've always answered posts by typing it this way.Color me silly, but this only works for people who have already posted within the thread, correct? It cannot be used to draw a particular persons attention to a thread?
Charles Perkins Reply
over 1 year ago
Great way to start the new year.
Joshua Dorkin Reply
over 1 year ago
@Dave - Thanks. Glad to hear it. @Jerry - It will work for people who have already posted in the thread and with your colleagues. @Charles - Agreed!
BTW - We'll soon be adding it to the comment system of the blogs and the rest of the site.
Demond Bradford Reply
over 1 year ago
That sounds really great.thanks for making it easier
Jon Klaus Reply
over 1 year ago
I've never used them before now, but like them. Thanks Josh!
Bill Walston Reply
over 1 year ago
Very cool!! BP just gets better & better :)
Joshua Dorkin Reply
over 1 year ago
@Demond - No problem. Please consider uploading a personal pic so we can better get to know you. @Jon - Me too. @Bill - Thanks, and I appreciate the tweet!
Michael Quarles Reply
over 1 year ago
@Josh Thank you making feel a wee bit old. I had no clue what people were trying to accomplish when writing the @ symbol other than speaking directly to them.
Will there be a way to block the @ emails from users or do they only come from people youve authorized to follow you?
Ned Carey Reply
over 1 year ago
I just went back an edited a forum comment to add it.
I noticed in your comment above where you used @Dave, Jerry, and Charles it doesn't show as described. Does it not work for post comments?
Joshua Dorkin Reply
over 1 year ago
@Michael - You can shut all @ emails in the email settings. At present, there is no way to block an individual. The only people who can @mention you are those people you are colleagues with and those people who have posted in the same thread as you.
@Ned - This is currently only implemented in the forums, but we'll soon be bringing it to the comment system around the rest of the site.
Tracey Williams Reply
over 1 year ago
Thanks Josh, way to go!!!
Joshua Dorkin Reply
over 1 year ago
No problem, Tracey.
Shane Woods Reply
over 1 year ago
Why did I Just Now see this? Fun fun
Joshua Dorkin Reply
over 1 year ago
There's a lot happening here, @Shane Woods. Features like our @Mentions are great for keeping people in the mix.
Joshua Dorkin Reply
5 months ago
I've had a few queries about the @Mentions system over the past few days, so I thought we'd revive this for all to see.