[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3899: Support Forums: Prevent overusing mentions

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#3899: Support Forums: Prevent overusing mentions
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by Clorith):

 The thought of a "Reply" link was in large part dismissed in our support
 chats, as it gave too much of an incentive for large multi-user topics
 that contain multiple problems to address, while we're trying to maintain
 "one topic, one problem".

 If anything, moving it down a line is what I'd go for of the options here,
 we certainly can't remove it or hide it, as users will then use the
 displayname with an `@` prefixed, which will lead to invalid notifications
 going out to other users in many cases.


 In my opinion, I don't think you'll be stopping any mentions, those who
 use them will keep using them, especially as using `@<name>` is so
 ingrained in internet culture by this point as a way to reference the
 person you are talking to. Even business software like MS Outlook now use
 it to reference people in and out of email chains! So policing it isn't
 possible/worthwhile. If you want to stop it on .org, then the mentions
 plugin would need to be removed, which isn't an option at all.

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