Technical Question About Posting

I've noticed that when someone mentions another CT member in a post, the name is usually preceded by an @ sign. Is this what is known as tagging, and does the person named get notified that they've been tagged? If so, how do you do this when you are writing a post?

Thanks for smartening up a dinosaur.

 

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You will get an alert that someone mentioned you in a post.
To mention (tag) someone, when writing a post you just type "@" and start typing the user's name -

 

Yes, @gsimonel, you'll be notified. And when you start to tag others, you'll see this.

 

I've been wondering how to tag somebody for four years...

Thank you @Roman Collector and @ambr0zie and @gsimonel

 

It might help gsimonel if you also explain what an "alert" is, and how it's delivered to the person "alerted" (Fedex? UPS? Barking dog?). ;-)

 

I hope it's not FedEx, as my last package with them arrived later than expected.
I never worked with UPS so I can't recommend them.
Dogs, well, we can't tell if gsmionel (without tag ) likes dogs, I would like an alert from our neighborhood stray dog, but she is currently busy with a snack

 

..looks like she's doing ok in the neighborhood...but if she needs a home, i have a friend who'd be good to her right @Alegandron ?

 

So I'm tagging with the @ sign what is the hashtag for?

 

It's all Greek to me. Seems "Alerts" are same as messages or e-messages, etc., best I can figure...except messages are usually in an "inbox," but that is different, here...not sure exactly how. I knew I was in a pickle when they stopped including hard-copy instructions with electronics...they're on the device, except I could never figure out how to work the device enough to access the instructions...!

 

So I assume, @ambr0zie, that you will get an alert about this reply.

 

By "alert" I am guessing that a notification will show up here:

 

Thanks to everyone who responded and helped drag me into the 21st century.

Cute dog, BTW.

 

Well we learn something new everyday @gsimonel...

 

Yes, this is why I said 'alert', this is how the forum designer decided to name that screen. Perhaps 'Notifications' would be better.

 

# is used for events and topics, in order to group your post with other posts that have identical hashtags, while @ is to tag individuals. (There are exceptions but no need to go into them for now.) On Instagram, say you posted a photo of a Standing Liberty Quarter. You can create a hashtag associated with your photo, say - #StandingLibertyQuarter. Then people who look for that topic under that hashtag may see your photo among hundreds/thousands of others.

 

Yes, but the only hashtags worth using are #Faustina and #TrebonianusGallus

 

Hahahaha. I instinctively tried to click on those hashtags (since I know less than nothing about Ancients) but they don't work on CoinTalk. :-(