On desktop SE, I can type @
and the usernames that I can ping will be suggested.
It's known that pinging the OP as the only commenter, or pinging the author of an answer as the only commenter, will strip the @ping
.
On mobile SE, it is not really possible to ping a user in comments, which is very annoying to me since I way prefer the mobile site over the mobile app.
However, a few times in the past few days I have tried to ping a commenter from the mobile site, just by typing their name. For instance, if the user's name is RikerW
, I typed @rikerw blah blah
.
Those pings didn't get replies from active users. We also know that @ping
s are just text, not special entities like on Facebook, which is why they are not updated with usernames. (see Change all @username references in comments when a user changes their name?)
What causes a ping? How do comment @replies work? says "reasonable match", but what is that?
- Must I type the
@
and select one of the options withTAB
, or - can I just type the user's name?
- Does case matter?
- Is it possible to ping from the mobile site?