# How are people feeling about Discourse? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 25, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-people-feeling-about-discourse/926428 "2020-11-25T16:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 244
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-people-feeling-about-discourse/926428/244 "2021-01-21T02:32:56Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > I can create it if you like Sorry about that, should have taken a look, the topic we needed is already present > [@So, how is that @ thing supposed to work anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-is-that-thing-supposed-to-work-anyway/930206): > > Whenever I try to reply or refer to another Doper in a post using the @username convention, it never seems to work the way I expect. When I type the @ character, it shows me a list of user names (which I thought was supposed to be everyone who had already posted in the thread). And as I type the user name the list shrinks to match what I’ve typed, but here’s the thing – it never shows me the name of the user I’m looking for. I wind up having to type the entire user name in. So, am I doing this … Best to follow up there with specifics rather than everything-and-the-kitchen-sinking it here. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-people-feeling-about-discourse/926428)._