Solved Alerts in response to naming people

[grahamperrin]

Someone wrote:

[ edit: …
Ping @name …

If I recall correctly:

• a person receives an alert only if their @name is used in the first edition of a post.

An anti-spam measure.

I'll test, by naming someone in a second edition of this post.

smithi

 

[eternal_noob]

How about multiple pings in the first edition of a post?


grahamperrin
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[mer]

What is the definition of "first edition of a post"?

If I @ graham is that the first edition of a post, but if I quote eternal_noob that becomes the second edition?

 

[eternal_noob]

No, the pings in a post don't get sent more than once.

Means if you edit that post, the pings are ignored.

 

[grahamperrin]

if I quote

Quoting does, by default, generate an alert.

(It's different from @ naming.)

 

[smithi]

Someone wrote:

I confess, 'twas me.

If I recall correctly:

• a person receives an alert only if their @name is used in the first edition of a post.

I now know that by 'first edition' you mean before later edit/s.

An anti-spam measure.

I guess ...

I'll test, by naming someone in a second edition of this post.

smithi

Correct; I received no alert.