Alias username and group mentioning

[Konstantin_Ladutenko]

Hi!

Thank you for Discourse, it is really nice to use.

Is it possible to create an alias username? So that @ mentioning of two (or more) names will notify only one real user? So I can use different names for official posting and private comments without messing up with multiple accounts.

Another nice feature can be a collective (group) name, e.g. @help or @support. It should notify a group of users, with an access to the conversation history and, probably, if some user from the group answered to the post with @help mentioning simply mark this notification to be read (or delete it) for other group users.

Best regards,
Kostya

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

@Konstantin_Ladutenko

Another nice feature can be a collective (group) name, e.g. @help or @support. It should notify a group of users, with an access to the conversation history and, probably, if some user from the group answered to the post with @help mentioning simply mark this notification to be read (or delete it) for other group users.

Group mentions has been overhauled:

Allow groups to be mentioned and sent messages

Out-of-the-box nobody can send messages to groups or trigger mention notifications. To change this, you can go to the Manage tab of a group’s page and select the “Interaction” section from the left navigation sidebar. Find the settings labeled “Who can @mention this group?” and “Who can message this group?” [39%20PM] Additionally you may adjust the group’s visibility settings. Mentioning groups When users perform “autocomplete” using the @ key, all visible groups will show up. This means t…

[Konstantin_Ladutenko]

Thank you! Nice to hear that group mentioning is already here! This way the relevant part of my feature request is an alias for a username.

[erlend_sh (Erlend Sogge Heggen)]

Username aliases something we’ve had requested before. It seems very niche, so your best bet is probably a plugin.

[jomaxro (Joshua Rosenfeld)]

While it is not exactly what you are looking for, you could make a group with a single user…which essentially would function as an alias.

[Konstantin_Ladutenko]

Good! Thank you! I think this is exactly what i need!

[Konstantin_Ladutenko]

Thank you for your proposal. However, it seems that solution from Joshua should solve the problem. I suppose you can recommend his solution if any future request of aliases.