# Full name @mentions

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-mentions/23896
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** mentions
**Created:** [2015年一月11日 21:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-mentions/23896 "2015-01-11T21:56:39Z")
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### Author: ![ibnesayeed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ibnesayeed/32/120427_2.png) [@ibnesayeed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibnesayeed)
#### Post date: [2016年十二月1日 00:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-name-mentions/23896/39 "2016-12-01T00:01:42Z")

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I think full name mention is better in many cases and near essential in some scenarios.

- Full names read better in paragraph oriented conversation as opposed to Twitter style 140 character cryptic text.
- Names rather than IDs are more friendly for not technical people.
- Languages such a Arabic, Hebrew, Urdu etc. in which text flows right-to-left (RTL) do not look good with mixed in LTR mentions in ASCII/Latin characters; full names in the native language would fit more naturally.
- Many non-Latin languages require changing keyboard to English just to mention a user then switch back to the native language is a pain; Facebook and [XenForo](https://xenforo.com/community/threads/a-new-editor-and-much-much-more.50519/) have solved it more elegantly.

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