# How do you "tag" another forum member in a post? **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta\ **Tags:** forum\ **Created:** [January 7, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061 "2018-01-07T21:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RTCool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/rtcool/32/181048_2.png) [@RTCool](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/RTCool)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/1 "2018-01-07T21:39:00Z")
I’ve seen other people do this, but I don’t seem to know how. For example, just typing @ and a screen name doesn’t seem to do it. Are there instructions somewhere for how the forum itself works? ---
**Author:** ![IanT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/iant/32/92023_2.png) [@IanT](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/IanT)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/2 "2018-01-07T21:46:31Z")
@RTCool, seems to work for me. What I do is type @ and then a list of users in the thread pops up, then I just select from the list. If you do type the full name, it should still work, make sure not to leave a space after the @. ---
**Author:** ![DanRathbun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/danrathbun/32/500_2.png) [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/3 "2018-01-08T00:44:08Z")
> [@RTCool](#): > > Are there instructions somewhere for how the forum itself works? The Discourse developers themselves thought that a forum user guide was unnecessary, and that the best way to learn to use Discourse forums was via trial and error. Everyone who creates a Discourse forum account receives a PM with a list of Tips etc … > [@Discourse Tips for New Forum Members \[Wiki\]](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/discourse-tips-for-new-forum-members-wiki/44052): > > Every new member gets a private message titled “Welcome to SketchUp Community!”, that has a page full of explanations for doing all the basic things in the Discourse engined forums. If your PM list has become very long (after awhile) … you can find it via this search link: [forum search: “in:private Welcome to SketchUp Community”](https://forums.sketchup.com/search?q=in%3Aprivate%20welcome%20to%20sketchup%20community) Also a very similar public announcement thread: The “adminbase” (people who use Discourse to run there own forum sites,) kept asking for a User Guide, so one of them started a community project. It was announced over on the Discourse Meta (likely a GitHub project.) - [https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=user%20guide](https://meta.discourse.org/search?q=user%20guide) _… finds …_ [https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-community-effort-to-improve-discourses-documentation/29129](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-community-effort-to-improve-discourses-documentation/29129) Discourse also has a "learning bot named @discobot … > **[Who is Discobot?](https://blog.discourse.org/2017/08/who-is-discobot/)** > > As of Discourse 1.8, every new user who joins will get a welcome PM from discobot: ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/discobot/32/33300_2.png) [@discobot](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/4 "2018-01-08T00:44:12Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**Author:** ![DanRathbun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/danrathbun/32/500_2.png) [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/5 "2018-01-08T00:45:25Z")
Okay, I’ll play the game “metalbrain” … @discobot display help ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/discobot/32/33300_2.png) [@discobot](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/6 "2018-01-08T00:45:27Z")
I currently know how to do the following things: `@discobot start new user` > Starts one of the following interactive narratives: new user, advanced user. `@discobot roll 2d6` > 🎲 3, 6 `@discobot quote` > 🗨 _Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you_ — Princess Diana `@discobot fortune` > 🔮 You may rely on it ---
**Author:** ![DanRathbun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/danrathbun/32/500_2.png) [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/7 "2018-01-08T00:54:36Z")
Just in case any readers are wondering, you can interact privately with **discobot** from a PM thread, just put (_at symbol_) **discobot** as the recipient, and send it a message (as shown above.) ---
**Author:** ![RTCool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/rtcool/32/181048_2.png) [@RTCool](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/RTCool)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/8 "2018-01-08T05:04:10Z")
> [@IanT](#): > > list of users in the thread Hmm, maybe that’s the key: only users in the thread? Not just users in the forum? Doesn’t work with a new thread? ---
**Author:** ![Box](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/box/32/235164_2.png) [@Box](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Box)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/9 "2018-01-08T05:20:29Z")
You need to get the name right, then you should be able to get anyone. Lets see if I can conjure @DaveR when he wakes up. ---
**Author:** ![RTCool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/rtcool/32/181048_2.png) [@RTCool](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/RTCool)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/10 "2018-01-08T05:24:21Z")
Yep, I got “in the thread” pop up to work, and that result copies and pastes to a new thread OK. ---
**Author:** ![Box](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/box/32/235164_2.png) [@Box](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Box)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/11 "2018-01-08T05:30:38Z")
Type the @ then start typing the name you want @d etc etc ![@](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/8/6/86fab73e8a31c974909ad2405d5946fa8923e930.gif) ---
**Author:** ![RTCool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/rtcool/32/181048_2.png) [@RTCool](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/RTCool)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/12 "2018-01-08T05:34:28Z")
Thanks, @Box, seems to be working for me now. Don’t know why I was struggling with it earlier. ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/13 "2018-01-08T10:07:13Z")
You rang? ---
**Author:** ![eneroth3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eneroth3/32/1222_2.png) [@eneroth3](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/eneroth3)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/14 "2018-01-08T17:55:38Z")
@eneroth3 ---
**Author:** ![eneroth3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/eneroth3/32/1222_2.png) [@eneroth3](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/eneroth3)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/15 "2018-01-08T17:56:38Z")
You don’t get any notification from tagging yourself ☹ . ---
**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/16 "2018-01-08T17:58:42Z")
> [@eneroth3](#): > > You don’t get any notification from tagging yourself ☹ . You can talk to yourself on your own time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-do-you-tag-another-forum-member-in-a-post/59061/17 "2018-04-10T09:58:52Z")
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