20 votes

Minor Suggestion: special @OP user

Posted by elf
Tags: suggestions, feature, improvement, minor

It would be neat if typing '@op' inside a topic resulted in a link to the profile of that topic's poster. So, in this topic, @OP and @elf would be equivalent.

Also sorry @deimos for spamming ~tildes with suggestions (not actually sorry though.)

4 comments

  1. cfabbro
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    Posted to ~ gitlab issues as a "suggestion". Feel free to explore the gitlab issues page as well @elf and @everyone and you can even submit issues yourselves, if you have a gitlab account, as you...

    Posted to ~ gitlab issues as a "suggestion".

    Feel free to explore the gitlab issues page as well @elf and @everyone and you can even submit issues yourselves, if you have a gitlab account, as you spot them and/or come up with ideas... but please:

    1. don't spam them
    2. make sure they are realistic ideas/requests
    3. most crucially, check for duplicates first (use search)

    I (and the other reporters there) will label them properly and merge/remove/close them as necessary, too.

    p.s. Also, don't let that discourage you from posting bugs/ideas/etc. to ~tildes either since additional discussion/feedback is still incredibly valuable as well.

    8 votes
  2. Zlyme
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    thats a great suggestion!

    thats a great suggestion!

    4 votes
  3. Durinthal
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    I was going to say that it would run into issues with the theoretical user named "OP" but going by the error message on that page the minimum length for a username is 3 characters so not a problem.

    I was going to say that it would run into issues with the theoretical user named "OP" but going by the error message on that page the minimum length for a username is 3 characters so not a problem.

    4 votes
  4. mat
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    This is is a great idea. I'm sure I've seen this somewhere else, maybe imgur?

    This is is a great idea. I'm sure I've seen this somewhere else, maybe imgur?

    2 votes