# User Invitation/Poking a user to a topic is now live!
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [04.Апрель.2015 00:27:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180 "2015-04-04T00:27:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 00:27:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/1 "2015-04-04T00:27:04Z")
> ⚠ 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](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-feature-can-be-easily-abused/219497) 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.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 00:36:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/2 "2015-04-04T00:36:08Z")
@techAPJ I just poked myself, lets get that fixed, you should not be able to select your user name.
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### Author:  [@NomNuggetNom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NomNuggetNom)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 00:59:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/3 "2015-04-04T00:59:09Z")
Makes me feel important
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### Author:  [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 01:34:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/4 "2015-04-04T01:34:44Z")
> 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`
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 03:54:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/5 "2015-04-04T03:54:34Z")
Still no love for SSO users?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 04:13:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/6 "2015-04-04T04:13:29Z")
Yes, for SSO users it is safe to enable just the username invite ability @techapj.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 06:45:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/7 "2015-04-04T06:45:13Z")
First thing that needs fixing is invite/add into message for sso, I hit this issue quite frequently
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### Author:  [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 07:28:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/8 "2015-04-04T07:28:27Z")
The pop-up takes up about 1.5x of my screen’s width on an S3 with custom dpi. Not sure if usual resolutions have this issue too.
Also, 0 padding on the sides.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 07:58:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/9 "2015-04-04T07:58:13Z")
Looks Ok on the mobile simulator, so not sure why you would be seeing that.
It’s not supposed to have borders on the side, those just eat up valuable space..
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### Author:  [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 09:21:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/10 "2015-04-04T09:21:32Z")
Не уверен, изменил DPI Chrome на 280, и текст стал больше, но всплывающее окно всё равно осталось в одну строку.
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Только что посмотрел сам на симулятор устройства в Chrome и могу частично воспроизвести это. В симуляторе я не могу переместить панель полностью вправо, а на телефоне это возможно.
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### Author:  [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 11:45:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/11 "2015-04-04T11:45:11Z")
I’m not tl2 yet. Can you show me the button position?
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### Author:  [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 11:48:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/12 "2015-04-04T11:48:10Z")
> [@alefattorini](#):
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> Can you show me the button position?
[https://a.pomf.se/zhpsny.mp4](https://a.pomf.se/zhpsny.mp4)
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 11:58:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/13 "2015-04-04T11:58:04Z")
I get this formatting bug too. Android 5, chrome.
Loving the improved feature. Nice work!
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### Author:  [@Benno](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benno)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 12:33:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/14 "2015-04-04T12:33:30Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> If you invite a username to a topic, they get a notification from you with a link to the topic.
How is this different from an @ mention?
Wouldn’t it be more useful if inviting a username would generate an email?
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### Author:  [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 12:40:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/15 "2015-04-04T12:40:21Z")
Yes, this.
An invitation needs to draw people on to the site, because the assumption is they’re not going to see the topic in question otherwise.
Both modes need an email notification, or at minimum a user preference to get an email when someone invites the user to join a topic.
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 12:43:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/16 "2015-04-04T12:43:34Z")
They will get an email, if they haven’t visited the site.
> Send me an email when someone quotes me, replies to my post, mentions my @username, or **invites me to a topic**
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 12:45:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/17 "2015-04-04T12:45:28Z")
> [@Benno](#):
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> How is this different from an @ mention?
But that doesn’t tell how it differs from mentions… is there a difference?
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### Author:  [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 12:45:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/18 "2015-04-04T12:45:49Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> 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.
> [@Benno](#):
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> How is this different from an @ mention?
I share your opinions. If I want someone to comment on a topic or issue I mention that publicly, it does not have to be private.
For inviting someone **new** to the site I see this as useful, else not so much.
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 17:02:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/19 "2015-04-04T17:02:52Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2015 17:36:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-invitation-poking-a-user-to-a-topic-is-now-live/27180/20 "2015-04-04T17:36:20Z")
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.
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