* @mike+151 - this form is used by the drop-down tag completion tool. It indicates the contact whose nickname is mike and whose contact identifier number is 151. The drop-down tool may be used to resolve people with duplicate nicknames.
You can tag a person on a different network or one that is **not in your social circle** by using the following notation:
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* @mike@macgirvin.com - This is called a "remote mention" and can only be an email-style locator, not a web URL.
Unless their system blocks unsolicited "mentions", the person tagged will likely receive a "Mention" post/activity or become a direct participant in the conversation in the case of public posts.
This is a spam prevention measure.
Remote mentions are delivered using the OStatus protocol.
-This protocol is used by Friendica and GNU Social and several other systems like Mastodon, but is not currently implemented in Diaspora.
+This protocol is used by Friendica and GNU Social and several other systems like Mastodon, but is not currently implemented in Diaspora.
As the OStatus protocol allows this Friendica user can be @-mentioned by users from platforms using this protocol in conversations if the "Enable OStatus support" is activated on the Friendica node.
These @-mentions wont be blocked, even if there is no relationship between the sender and the receiver of the message.
It is therefore not possible to create a tag whose target contains an underscore.
Topical tags are also not linked if they are purely numeric, e.g. #1.
-If you wish to use a numerica hashtag, please add some descriptive text such as #2012-elections.
+If you wish to use a numerica hashtag, please add some descriptive text such as #2012-elections.