While we're at it, I just quickly installed a feature I saw at another forum which I thought would go nicely here. By typing @ while writing a post, a drop-down box should appear allowing you to tag users. By default it displays users who have been recently active in the thread.
It also integrates with the Alerts system, so people will know you have tagged them.
Tags look like this:
@Shell B
It also integrates with the Alerts system, so people will know you have tagged them.
Tags look like this:
@Shell B