If the data shows that almost nobody is using the feature, I don’t see the point of dedicating extra engineering resources to it.. why build a feature that, statistically speaking, nobody uses?
If I want to get someone’s attention about a topic, why wouldn’t I just press reply on their post in the topic, quote their reply, (assuming they replied to it) or @name mention them in the topic when I reply to the topic?
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@georgewhat are your thoughts on this topic?
So this is even more specific.. for some reason you want to bring a particular topic to the attention of another user, but only privately and not in public for .. reasons? It seems like such a very teeny tiny narrow use case, it’s no wonder it is getting so rarely used.