Tagging people and pages

Tag someone with @ and their name, anywhere you can write a

post or a comment, and two things happen: their name becomes a

link to their profile or page, and they hear about it.

A finished tag shows as just the name, in light blue — the

@ is only how you start one, it is not part of the tag. Names in

the byline above a post or comment are plain white (they are

still links), so a light-blue name in the words is always a

tag, and you can spot one at a glance.

How to tag

Type @ in any post box or comment box and a small search

panel pops up, with its own search box at the top. Type letters

and the list narrows as you go — or tap into the panel's search

box and fix the name right there, instead of backspacing

through your post. Both boxes drive the same search.

The search matches pieces of names and addresses: a few

letters from the middle of someone's name finds them, and so

does a piece of their MusicXen address (the name in their

profile link). Pages — bands and venues — are found by their

names and addresses the same way.

Pick the person or page you mean — tap them, or use the

arrow keys and Enter (Down moves you into the results;

Esc closes the panel) — and the tag is placed for you, with the

cursor right after it so you can keep typing.

The list is ordered with you in mind:

• Your friends first.
• Then people and pages who have already joined in on the

post you're answering — its author, the people who commented

or reacted, the seller on a Marketplace listing.

• Then everybody else.

Bands and venues tag exactly like people do. You can also tag

yourself — your own name is in the list like anyone else's.

Seeing your tags before you post

When you pick someone from the list, their tag also appears as

a light-blue chip at the top of the box while you write.

That chip is your proof the tag is in there as a link before

you post (the words themselves stay ordinary text until the

post is saved). Tap the x on a chip to take that tag back

out, and if you edit the picked name out of the words yourself,

the chip goes with it — a tag you changed your mind about

never sneaks back in.

The name has to be the right person

Names are not unique — two people can share one. That is why

picking from the list matters: **the tag always lands on the

person you picked**, namesakes and all.

If you type a tag out by hand instead of picking, it links

only when it can mean exactly one person or page: a full name

only one member uses, or their unique MusicXen address (the

name in their profile link). A shared name typed by hand

stays plain text and notifies nobody — better silent than

tagging a stranger.

Who gets notified

Whoever you tag gets a notification: **"Your name mentioned

you"** for a person, and for a band or venue it goes to the

people who run the page. Clicking the notification takes them

straight to the spot — the exact post or comment, with the

thread opened around it.

A few rules keep tags honest:

• Tagging yourself never notifies you.
• Tagging the same person twice in one post is still one

notification — and that holds across edits, too: take a

tag out in one edit and put it back in another, and they

are still only ever notified the once for that post or

comment.

• If someone has blocked you, your tag still appears in your

post, but they are not notified.

• When you reply to someone, the reply box starts with their

tag already typed — that tag is how they hear about your

reply. Delete it before posting and the reply stays quiet.

Editing adds tags too

Tags are worked out fresh every time you save. Edit a

post or comment and add a tag, and that person is notified

then — you do not have to write a new post to tag someone.

Removing a tag in an edit simply removes the link; a

notification that already went out is not taken back.

Taking your own tag off

Tagged in a post or comment you would rather not be part of?

Press and hold the post or comment and choose **Remove my

tag**. Your name stays in the words as plain text, but the

link is gone — and it stays gone: editing that post or

comment later cannot put your tag back. The notification you

already got is not deleted; it is history, and the post is

the only thing that changes. It is per post, too — removing

one tag never stops anyone tagging you somewhere new.

If a band or venue page you run is tagged, the same

choice is yours: anyone who runs the page can take the

page's tag off the same way.

Where tags work

Posts (your wall, friends' walls, band and venue walls), the

comments and replies under them, and the questions and

comments on Marketplace listings. Long-standing tags of band

and venue names in posts also still show as chips under the

post — those are the same tags, shown as a summary.