# Link a username without notifying them?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [January 21, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024 "2025-01-21T15:25:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nathan\_Boyer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nathan_boyer/32/14825_2.png) [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024/1 "2025-01-21T15:25:41Z")

</div>

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)](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/extremely-slow-debugging-in-vs-code/124762/43), usually giving credit to previous replies when restating an idea or after the referenced user seems to be done engaging.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024/2 "2025-01-21T15:34:28Z")

</div>

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`**](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman) (written `[**`@mbauman`**](/u/mbauman)`)

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

> **[Mention group/user without notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-group-user-without-notification/38958)**
>
> Problem: Recently, I have come across situations where I would like to mention a group (like @team or @moderators) as a reference to the group, not as a way of notifying them/getting their attention. Two examples: On the Stonehearth Discourse:...

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nathan\_Boyer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nathan_boyer/32/14825_2.png) [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024/3 "2025-01-21T15:41:55Z")

</div>

Works for me!

Neither your regular nor bold link show up blue in my browser:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/5/4/54a40d27ea68544e98de0963e898643ab7eaad68.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024/4 "2025-01-21T15:46:03Z")

</div>

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.

```md
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`](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)  
Linked bold code: [**`@mbauman`**](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)  
Linked italic code: [_`@mbauman`_](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nathan\_Boyer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nathan_boyer/32/14825_2.png) [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024/5 "2025-01-21T15:50:31Z")

</div>

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?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024/6 "2025-01-21T15:54:21Z")

</div>

Highlight it and click quote:

````julia
[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](https://meta.discourse.org/t/math-should-be-quotable/148342)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Nathan\_Boyer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nathan_boyer/32/14825_2.png) [@Nathan\_Boyer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nathan_Boyer)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-a-username-without-notifying-them/125024/7 "2025-01-21T15:55:54Z")

</div>

Sweeeeet!