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Comment @reply name suggestions are missing from review queues
Normally when I type a comment and type @ followed by the first letters of the name of another commenter, there will be an autocomplete suggestion that I can press Tab to accept:
However, I have just ...
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Why doesn't the username in mentions not get auto-edited when the original one does? [duplicate]
I used to go by "d4rk4ng31" (um, as you might have already guessed, silly teenage years) which then I changed (long back, but I just noticed this as I am not a very active member anymore). I ...
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I was notified of and viewed a comment, but the notification disappeared from my global inbox, and it isn't in the site's comment responses list [duplicate]
I commented on Session cookies seem to get lost and then, later while on another site, I was notified about Aaron Bertrand's comment reply. After responding several minutes later and, because I ...
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Is there some difference between typing a username and using the auto-complete?
When typing (or editing) a comment, after typing @ and the first letter of a username, we're offered the choice of usernames that were in the conversation and can input them into typing the whole ...
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Comment ping one of two users with same name? [duplicate]
I would like to address the first "Michael" in this comment thread
I found this at https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/43020/235923:
Matching is performed in reverse chronological order, so ...
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Automatically inform newcomers of how comment @replies work
I often find myself informing the newcomers about the comment @replies, since otherwise the comments they write (when trying to reply to someone) often remain unnoticed due to lack of notifications.
I ...
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Can you @ping a user after they have deleted their last comment? [duplicate]
You can use @<user> to ping/notify a user that has commented previously. But if they have deleted their last comment do they still receive notifications if another user @-pings them in the same ...
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Can the author of a comment be added to the global inbox? [duplicate]
When another user @-mentions you in a comment this comment gets added to your inbox. The same happens when someone writes a comment to on of your posts.
Recently I knew that a certain user replied to ...
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Please autocomplete @User2 even if you only notify @User1
Background
I know that @replying to more than one user in a comment is not allowed as explained in this answer. I've always hated that and thought that there are valid use-cases for mentioning two ...
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Can you tag multiple people in a comment? [duplicate]
When replying to comments you can do @username to make sure they get a notification of your response.
But what should you do if you wanted to get the attention of to people? Would @username @username2 ...
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Will a user be notified when I @mention a user while editing a comment? [duplicate]
For example, if I forget to tag/mention a user in my comment under a Stack Overflow question or answer and I edit the comment to add the tag, will the tagged user then also be notified?
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Add a reply to comment button or @ autocompletion when using Chrome on Android [duplicate]
Currently there is no comment button or @ autocompletion when writing a comment in reply to another comment on Stack Exchange for mobile Chrome on Android. It would be a good time saver to have this ...
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Why is there no autocomplete for pinging editors?
I hope this example shows why autocomplete would be useful beyond the comfort of the commenter:
I recently had an issue where someone edited a post (which I'm not the author of) only to add one extra ...
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Changing placeholder of comment box for adding @ pinging info
Proposing a different approach to what I think enable ping completion for all comments wanted to achieve. New users should know that @ pinging in comments exists, and get educated on how to use them ...
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Problem with punctuation and removal of post owner usernames on comments
I found out today that if you have a user’s name with an “@“ in a comment on that user’s post, it removes it. For example,
@PostOwner Your post is very nice.
becomes
Your post is very nice.
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