Link a username without notifying them?

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On Discourse, is there a method to link to a username like @username but without tagging them? I often want to refer to a user without pinging their inbox (example), usually giving credit to previous replies when restating an idea or after the referenced user seems to be done engaging.

2

I think you got the current best answer — just code-protect it. You can also linkify it if you really want. And if you make it bold it gets rid of the blue of a normal link: @mbauman vs @mbauman (written [**`@mbauman`**](/u/mbauman))

Doing more than this is a long-standing upstream feature request:

3

Works for me!

Neither your regular nor bold link show up blue in my browser:
image

4

Yes, that’s intentional and what I was trying to demonstrate, but perhaps I didn’t write it very clearly. I think it’s just a quirk of our CSS that styling code loses the blue of a link, but I kinda like it in this context.

Tag: @mbauman (notifies)
Code: `@mbauman`
Linked code: [`@mbauman`](/u/mbauman)
Linked bold code: [**`@mbauman`**](/u/mbauman)
Linked italic code: [_`@mbauman`_](/u/mbauman)

Tag: @mbauman (notifies)
Code: @mbauman
Linked code: @mbauman
Linked bold code: @mbauman
Linked italic code: @mbauman

5

Oh, I see. The first item in that screenshot was a normal tag. Thanks for clarifying.

This brings up another question …

Is it possible to view the raw text of a post?

6

Highlight it and click quote:

[quote="mbauman, post:4, topic:125024"]
```
Tag: @mbauman (notifies)
Code: `@mbauman`
Linked code: [`@mbauman`](/u/mbauman)
Linked bold code: [**`@mbauman`**](/u/mbauman)
Linked italic code: [_`@mbauman`_](/u/mbauman)
```

Tag: @mbauman (notifies)
Code: `@mbauman`
Linked code: [`@mbauman`](/u/mbauman)
Linked bold code: [**`@mbauman`**](/u/mbauman)
Linked italic code: [*`@mbauman`*](/u/mbauman)
[/quote]

If I remember right, that breaks for \LaTeX, but otherwise it’s pretty good. Edit: yes: Math should be quotable - Feature - Discourse Meta

7

Sweeeeet!