Sometimes I find old posts. I'd like to call a users attention to something new, or just ask for a followup. How can I invite a user to chat?
I've clicked on the chat link and I can create a room, but I'm unable to invite a particular user.
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1when you see the chat link near the comments and press it, it will automatically create the room and invite the user, weather he accepts it or not is a different question. I guess the best way using the current features of this site would be if you @name this user on some post he made with a link to a room you've created.– PrixCommented Jul 4, 2013 at 22:38
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2^Sounds like the answer– GaryCommented Jul 4, 2013 at 22:42
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You can't invite a particular user to chat. You can only post a link in the comments of a question with a link to a chat room, or invite them if they have been in chat before.– Benjamin GruenbaumCommented Jul 4, 2013 at 23:21
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To the OP: you can create an account here on Meta too; it'll be linked if you use the same email address, then you can comment on the question here.– Martijn PietersCommented Jul 5, 2013 at 15:38
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I just tried to figure this out, and this process worked:
- Go to 'chat'.
- Create a new room.
- Click on 'room'.
- Click on 'control access'.
- Click on 'add new user' beside "explicit write access' (or 'owner', but this supposedly works for people who have chatted before)
- Type in the user name.
- Click on the user name (after it pops up).
- Click on 'invite this user to [your room name]' --or-- 'start new room with this user'
I did this multiple times (trying different settings, and then to step through it again to write all of this out), and on just one occasion I got a pop-up window with a confirmation that an invitation was sent.
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34@a-m: I followed these steps and find a similar way but quicker than yours. Visit the uesr's profile. Add the subdomain "chat" to the url. (i.e. stackoverflow.com/users... becomes chat.stackoverflow.com/users/...). This will allow you to visit the user's chat profile. Now do step 8! Commented May 2, 2016 at 7:56
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@musafar006 Add your own answer. your method is great +1 !!!! Commented Aug 14, 2016 at 12:55
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@LuisSiquot The question is marked as duplicate. Can't add a new answer. Commented Aug 16, 2016 at 5:39
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@musafar006 - Sorry, I should have said, I get a "Page Not Found." Commented Nov 26, 2016 at 15:29
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@aparente001 make sure you're using SO's subdomain. I am not sure whether stackexchange domain has a subdomain for chat. Commented Nov 29, 2016 at 5:11
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Somehow four years in and this procedure is still precisely as ridiculously awkward. This really needs to be streamlined.– tadmanCommented Aug 29, 2017 at 16:09
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Yeah, everytime I want to invite a new user, i have to loose unwanted 20 min. This is insane.– samayoCommented Aug 30, 2017 at 19:33
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I just asked a question about this because I can't find it still meta.stackexchange.com/questions/300357/…– samayoCommented Aug 30, 2017 at 19:41
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1Worth noting that you can not chat with new users < 20 rep. So it is not possible to guide a new user who deleted their question Commented Jul 27, 2019 at 15:24