'Mentioning' When Replying To Comments On Our Posts.
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
December 17, 2017 3:56pm CST
When I first joined this site I noticed that when replying to people who had commented on their posts, the poster tagged them (@) with their user name.
I did the same as I thought there might be some financial benefit to the commenter by doing so. I thought perhaps they would get paid extra if we 'mentioned' them as well as replying.
I've been here for over two years now, and eventually decided to ask admin about this. This is the reply I got from Alex:
"As far as I know, this does not add anything to earnings. It's pretty much just a way of getting their attention and personally addressing a post to them."
So I'm not going to tag you in my replies any more - you get notified anyway, and all it means is that you get two notifications - one for my comment and one for the mention. It seems a bit pointless to me.
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38 responses
@just4him (317041)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Dec 17
If there is more than one reply on a comment, someone commenting to someone else's comment, mentioning the person by @ does make it easier to know who you're talking to or if the response is for you or the other person on the comment.
I really hope you followed that. Anyway, that's why I do it. Not always though.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
27 Dec 17
When a lot of commenting is taking place on a thread, Valerie, I'll just insert the person's name if I know it or a portion of the username without the symbol. That way others can know to whom I've directed my comment without it providing an additional notification.
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@crossbones27 (49463)
• Mojave, California
17 Dec 17
I always thinks its fairly neat when people do it once in a blue moon to pay some homage, but get what you are saying. Some things are more important than financial gain.
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@crossbones27 (49463)
• Mojave, California
17 Dec 17
@jaboUK Fair enough but I want some homage dammit. Just kidding, did I ever tell you I make bad jokes. 
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
17 Dec 17
@crossbones27 I sort of gathered that - about the jokes I mean 
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
18 Dec 17
I try to make sure it gets put on when I comment or sometimes you can't tell who the reply is to if there are lots of comments.
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@tammys85 (30066)
• Baltimore, Maryland
18 Dec 17
I've thought of turning the notifications for "mentions" off, but then if someone mentions me in an actual post, I may not receive that notification. It also cuts down on confusion when it's a discussion with several members. Otherwise, I just delete the mentions for comments out of my notifications because, as you said, I'm getting two for the same thing. Maybe someday we'll have the option to just turn off those notifications for our own posts.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
18 Dec 17
I do it just so there is no confusion and it's a habit now.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
18 Dec 17
I just need to know who's talking to 'me' so I can respond back to 'them' @jaboUK .
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
19 Dec 17
@nanette64 If I may refer you to JJ's response on this discussion it may explains what you're wondering about... 
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
19 Dec 17
@jaboUK I wonder why I see tags on some (like this one) and not on others when I comment.
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@DeborahDiane (40293)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Dec 17
That is really good to know. It saves time not to have to do it! Thanks for asking admin.
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@DeborahDiane (40293)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Dec 17
@jaboUK - I agree. It is saving me a lot of time to drop the extra step!
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
19 Dec 17
Mentioning a user's name is suffice to prompt a notification.
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@Cristi_Ichim (3743)
• Bucharest, Romania
17 Dec 17
As long as the person gets notified, it is fine by me regardless if you tag me or not.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
19 Dec 17
I don't think I've tagged users in my replies, unless I want to tag another user who's not part of the comment thread so that they know I'm including them in the comment.
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