Idea for the forum - Member tagging?

[binge]

Think it would / could be a good idea?

Could adopt a similar style to the Facebook tag, like typing @ before a members name, and it will give you a drop down list of members after you've typed the first two letters?
Then you can select the member from the list. It will make their name into a hyperlink to their profile then, and it'll also drop the member a PM / notification to let them know they've been mentioned in a thread, with link to said post?


Example;


If I was to type:

I went out last night on the R1, met up with @The Tot on his blade.


It would look like:

I went out last night on the R1, met up with The Tot on his blade.



Titot would then get a notification/PM like:

Binge has mentioned you in a post





Ben

[lllN30lll]

Never seen it on a forum before, Might be too much for Korn to code IMO.

Good idea though.
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[covent.gardens]

I'd have a "Tag" button at the top (near [B],[i].[u].[Quote]) that when clicked opens a small window to select the user then injects the link into the editbox. Having the forum send the PM to the selected member is easy enough too. Doable... and a good idea IMO, but I doubt many people would actually use it. Probably more important things to spend the time on!

[st3v3]

I can see how it could be abused by certain immature kids on here at the moment but overall it would be useful little tool, especially in the proposed context.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

I can see how it can be done without major problems to code. However such scripting will hammer the server a lot more.

All the best

Keith
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