Alias username and group mentioning

[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:

How to set and use group mentions and 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…