Did you guys know we can @mention on Dreamwidth?

[thenewbuzwuzz]

If I add "@" in front of a word, Dreamwidth makes that word a DW user link: @ thenewbuzwuzz without the space is thenewbuzwuzz. It works both in the HTML editor and the rich text editor [ETA 2: and in comments! Thanks, angrboda], but you have to preview or post in order to see that it's working (it doesn't show in the rich text editor during editing).

Not that it does anything besides creating the username link to the other person, BUT STILL. I like it so much better than trying to memorize the html for tagging users. Now I can tag EVERYONE in a matter of SECONDS! I can tag that tree over there! tree clouds

ETA: ah, this is not preserved in LJ crossposts. LJ thinks the @ is just an @ symbol always.

ETA 3: and if you need to use an @ directly before a word without making a username link, you can escape the @ with a backslash! \ @ word with no spaces is @word. Thanks for asking a great question, deird1!

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Still a handy thing for people used to using that shorthand (and who no longer or never posted to LJ anyway). Thanks for the tip!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

:)

[angrboda]

Oh gosh that's so much easier! O.O Let me try it angrboda angrboda angrboda.
Thank you! :D

[thenewbuzwuzz]

It woooorked! \o/ I hadn't tried in a comment yet.

[orangerful]

fascinating! Too bad it doesn't transfer over but I doubt anyone on my LJ is bothering to click through to the DW people.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

I thought the same about my LJ. They're not getting links from now on! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Not that they've been getting many links so far, since mostly I've been too lazy to tag anyone. :D)

[deird1]

So... how are you now doing the @ symbol without linking?

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Good question! I'm not. I wonder if DW has thought of a way to escape it... /@testing, //@testing, 'testing @testing ^testing

A-ha! The backslash escapes it: \ @ word with no spaces is @word.