# Hoe weten gebruikers intuïtief hoe ze een categorie moeten vermelden?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-users-intuitively-know-how-to-mention-a-category/251664
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** hashtag-autocomplete
**Created:** [13 januari 2023 om 12:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-users-intuitively-know-how-to-mention-a-category/251664 "2023-01-13T12:04:48Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [13 januari 2023 om 12:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-will-users-intuitively-know-how-to-mention-a-category/251664/2 "2023-01-13T12:10:09Z")

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I think someone mentioned this in this topic as well the other day:

> [@Add color and subcategory styling to category and chat mentions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-color-and-subcategory-styling-to-category-and-chat-mentions/249643/8):
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> For what it’s worth, and feel free to call me old-school, but to me the new design lacks the # as a clear identifier of what it is that I’m looking at. The # is an obvious way to teach people how to create a link like that yourself, and you’ve removed it and replaced it with an icon that tells you more about the target, but less about the nature of the link.
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> I’d keep the # and add the icon to the end of the hashtag instead. This way you’ll be enhancing them without obscuring them.

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