# Testing tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339 "2020-06-23T11:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/1 "2020-06-23T11:56:23Z")
Mods, feel free to move or merge this thread if it’s been done before. @Sunny_Daze@running_coach Oh cool! If you start typing after the “@”, it’ll populate potential names for you! Tripler This is cooler than discovering the “new” hidden cupholder in my 4-year old truck! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/2 "2020-06-23T17:40:22Z")
Cool! @Tripler @running_coach It looks like plain text in the entry box, but you can see it’s tagged in the preview. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/3 "2020-06-24T08:01:41Z")
When I type @ I get a little pop-up box with a few potential names I could pick, but it seems pretty arbitrary what names it chooses to include in that pop-up box. Most of the times I’ve used @ the name I wanted didn’t appear in that little menu and I had to type the whole name anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/4 "2020-06-24T08:15:14Z")
@Sunny_Daze, so cool ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/5 "2020-06-24T08:15:41Z")
@beckdawrek I likey ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/6 "2020-06-24T08:24:29Z")
I got a badge for using this thing. How silly. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/7 "2020-06-24T09:02:53Z")
@Beckdawrek @Senegoid@Sunny_Daze @Tripler These were the four suggestions I got. I had to use them. (sorry, I need badges badly) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/8 "2020-06-24T18:53:23Z")
@PlaceboTarget You need badges? Tripler I don’t need a badge to tell us how awesome we are. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/9 "2020-06-24T18:54:35Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I don’t need a badge to tell us how awesome we are. Yes, as a whole we are. But individually, I’m not always so sure… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/10 "2020-06-24T19:29:44Z")
Seems like “tags” are a different named feature in Discourse that is different than the @mention feature. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/11 "2020-06-24T19:50:12Z")
Well, if that’s the only way to get that…@silenus Weird, I didn’t get any suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/12 "2020-06-24T21:43:15Z")
@Beckdawrek @Omniscient @Senegoid @running_coach @PlaceboTarget I can confirm that the ping feature is working for you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/13 "2020-06-24T23:37:13Z")
Don’t diss those badges you collect. They may turn out useful. I’ve got a small drawerful already. I’m going to sell them on the street corner for drug money. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/14 "2020-06-25T15:31:26Z")
@beckdawrek - I don’t see a tag on preview. I see it in the thread! By the way, I love your new avatar. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-tags/912339/15 "2020-06-25T15:43:37Z")
Why, thanks. Quite the no brainer, really. 😊