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]

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:

Group mentions and messages

As part of Discourse 1.5 we have built support for “first class” group mentions and messaging. Out-of-the-box nobody can send messages to groups or trigger mention notifications. On the admin group page at site.com/admin/groups you can select “Who can message and @mention this group?” [image] [image] Additionally you may select which groups are visible to user using the “Group is visible to all users” checkbox. Mentioning groups When users perform “autocomplete” using the @ key all visible …

[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]

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

[jomaxro]

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.