Mention system not working?

[AfraidRacer]

I've been mentioned twice in the last few days, haven't received any alerts.
Also, do you get mentioned when someone quotes a post mentioning you?

 

[Jordan]

I'm not aware of any issues.

Can you provide links to the posts you were mentioned in which you think you should have been alerted for?

Keep in mind that if someone edits their post to add a mention of you, you won't be alerted for that. This is generally the most common situation which confuses people and makes them think the mention system isn't working. The mention has to be in the post as it is originally submitted for an alert to be triggered.

Also, do you get mentioned when someone quotes a post mentioning you?

No, quotes only trigger alerts if you are the one being quoted.

 

[AfraidRacer]

I'm not aware of any issues.

Can you provide links to the posts you were mentioned in which you think you should have been alerted for?

Keep in mind that if someone edits their post to add a mention of you, you won't be alerted for that. This is generally the most common situation which confuses people and makes them think the mention system isn't working. The mention has to be in the post as it is originally submitted for an alert to be triggered.


No, quotes only trigger alerts if you are the one being quoted.

Here's a post which was edited(I was not aware of this, sorry!)
But I didn't receive any alert for this one, my alerts page looks like this:

RacingGrandpa(I won't @ to not disturb them) posted at 3:03 and edited later, so I have made a mistake as I did not know about this,
However, Illum_Concept mentioned me at 5:38, so I should have received a notification then.

 

[Famine]

However, Illum_Concept mentioned me at 5:38, so I should have received a notification then.

That post also had the tag edited in afterwards.

 

[Jordan]

Yes, that tag was also edited in afterwards.

(I was not aware of this, sorry!)

No worries! It is confusing and inconsistent behavior and does not work the way you would expect. I've brought it up with the forum software developers but I don't think it's something that will be implemented. Although it appears straightforward, it increases the complexity of the editing and notification system significantly if you don't want to spam users with notifications every time someone edits a post they're mentioned in.

 

[AfraidRacer]

Ok thanks! I can't see the edited part though, maybe that's a bug?

 

[Jordan]

If you edit a post within five minutes of posting it, the "edited" message will not be displayed. (Staff members can see it, but not regular users.)

He edited your tag within the first minute, so you can't see it.

Actually, come to think of it, I should probably remove that delayed edit notice as I see how it could cause some confusion about tag alerts like this.

 

[TJ13]

Isn't there a way to still have mentions on edits give alerts?
Is that something working on in the next update with that elusive dark mode?

 

[Barra333]

Actually, come to think of it, I should probably remove that delayed edit notice as I see how it could cause some confusion about tag alerts like this.

As long as you don't change it to 'edited 3 times within a minute of posting because he can't ****ing proof read properly.'

 

[TexRex]

If you edit a post within five minutes of posting it, the "edited" message will not be displayed. (Staff members can see it, but not regular users.)

He edited your tag within the first minute, so you can't see it.

Actually, come to think of it, I should probably remove that delayed edit notice as I see how it could cause some confusion about tag alerts like this.

That explains that.

As long as you don't change it to 'edited 3 times within a minute of posting because he can't ****ing proof read properly.'

 

[kolio]

Funny thing for me is, I always thought the small window of editing without the edit tag appearing meant that's how much time I had to edit a post and still tag someone so they would get the notification.

 

[Jordan]

Funny thing for me is, I always thought the small window of editing without the edit tag appearing meant that's how much time I had to edit a post and still tag someone so they would get the notification.

Yeah, I can see why you would think that. I have since removed the edit notice delay.

 

[polysmut]

Yeah, I can see why you would think that. I have since removed the edit notice delay.

It appears to be working.

 

[Downhill Dino]

As long as you don't change it to 'edited 3 times within a minute of posting because he can't ****ing proof read properly.'

This change is going to expose me so hard.

 

[TexRex]

I miss the delay.

 

[kolio]

I miss the delay.

You're just mad you can't ninja edit anymore



EDIT: Just wanted the edited to show up in the bottom right corner.