As of March 2022, the ability to notify a user from the share button on a topic has been removed. See Notify Feature can be easily abused for more details.
The Invite feature has just been improved so that you can invite existing users to a topic.
I still think this is kind of a weird use case, since if I want @techapj to look at something I would just mention him in the post and explain what’s going on.
But! It makes the Invite button more useful and applicable in more cases beyond inviting new users via email, so overall, I am for it. (Note that invites are a trust level 2 ability, you’ll need TL2 to have the invite button at all.)
Here’s how it works:
If you invite an email address to the topic, they get an email invite that lets them join as a new user and reply to the topic immediately.
If you invite a username to a topic, they get a notification from you with a link to the topic.
Note that you can only invite someone to a topic once per day. So if 50 people suddenly try to invite me to this topic, only the first one will succeed.
Anyway, thanks to @techapj for implementing this. Try it out and see what you think.
We mailed out an invitation to fantasticfears. We’ll notify you when the invitation is redeemed. Check the invitations tab on your user page to keep track of your invites.
The notification text doesn’t make sense when you invite a username
Not sure, changed Chrome’s DPI to 280 and the text was bigger, but the pop-up was still one-line only.
Edit:
Just looked myself at Chrome’s device simulator and I can halfway replicate it. On the simulator I can’t move the bar all the way to the right, on the phone I can do so.
I love this feature, and here is how I will use it.
People frequently ask questions in support tickets which have been answered or discussed in the forum. This “poke” feature can encourage them to participate in a thread if they choose, and know it’s there in any case. It also feels nicer than just pasting a link in the ticket.
I’ve frequently wished I could do this, and am glad I can now.
Couldn’t you have done that with mentioning? Or are you actually referring to the invite by email option (as the person isn’t a member of the forum yet)?
Don’t get me wrong, I see great value in the invite by email, I see little to zero value in the invite an existing user.
As of March 2022, the ability to notify a user from the share button on a topic has been removed. See Notify Feature can be easily abused for more details.
