Questions tagged [comment-replies]
For questions about comment @replies, also called pings.
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No longer pinged after comments were moved to chat, despite an explicit @reply
I have been participating in a discussion of an answer on the Physics Stack Exchange. Until now, I have been receiving pings to my inbox whenever a new comment was addressed to me with an @reply. ...
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Comment @reply name suggestions are missing from review queues
Normally when I type a comment and type @ followed by the first letters of the name of another commenter, there will be an autocomplete suggestion that I can press Tab to accept: However, I have just ...
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How can I troubleshoot email notifications from Stack Exchange sites not working?
I don't get email notifications when people reply to or comment on my questions on any Stack Exchange sites. This behavior is consistent whether I have a Stack Exchange site open in one of my browser ...
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Is there some difference between typing a username and using the auto-complete?
When typing (or editing) a comment, after typing @ and the first letter of a username, we're offered the choice of usernames that were in the conversation and can input them into typing the whole ...
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Automatically inform newcomers of how comment @replies work
I often find myself informing the newcomers about the comment @replies, since otherwise the comments they write (when trying to reply to someone) often remain unnoticed due to lack of notifications. I ...
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Can the author of a comment be added to the global inbox? [duplicate]
When another user @-mentions you in a comment this comment gets added to your inbox. The same happens when someone writes a comment to on of your posts. Recently I knew that a certain user replied to ...
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Can you tag multiple people in a comment? [duplicate]
When replying to comments you can do @username to make sure they get a notification of your response. But what should you do if you wanted to get the attention of to people? Would @username @username2 ...
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Will a user be notified when I @mention a user while editing a comment? [duplicate]
For example, if I forget to tag/mention a user in my comment under a Stack Overflow question or answer and I edit the comment to add the tag, will the tagged user then also be notified?
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