I really hate being @‘d

[JustVent]

I don’t want to delete the ability to be notified of someone’s reponse because sometimes it’s reallt useful.

But 90% of the time someone is @‘ing me on here with a pointless reponse.

I’m getting an email to tell me that someone on Mumsnet just replies “Yes.”

No need. I only @ someone if I feel is important, or I believe could be helpful.

Am I the only one?

Ah holy heck, I’ve been using @name like there’s no tomorrow and didn’t realise it did this, I just thought it put their name in bold font

Sorry everyone that I’ve @‘ed!

I hate it too, it seems rude and intrusive. I have had a couple of very nice and supportive messages, but when someone 'at's you to be mean it feels very attacking and personal when it ends up in your personal email.

Oh I didn't know either. I just thought it was the app version of bold. Oops.

I disable mine after a couple of days, I get enough emails anyway without adding to them

@thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter you can use * * either sid of name/phrase to bold.

@JustVent I agree they’re quite annoying.

I never @ anyone and I have them turned off myself so if anyone is @ing me I have no idea.

I never @ anyone either.

I'm another one who only @d posters to bold them and to acknowledge them, in lieu of a 'like post' function.

I'm going to desist immediately!

If you're addressing a specific point made by a poster, it makes sense to use it. What annoys me though, is posters referring to a point made by a previous poster without referencing the point, so you either have no idea what they're referring to or you have to scroll back and search for it. It's even worse when they don't mention the posters name either.

You can switch them off. I have done (I had to before making this thread, let’s be honest!). Just go into one of your emails and click the bottom link and unselect the options.

I turned off email notifications as soon as they introduced this, and never use @ myself. It seems to me almost entirely pointless; if you use @, you have no way of knowing whether the person concerned is going to get the email, so you might as well save yourself the effort.