Tagging users

Does tagging a user in a forum post or club note or anything like that actually /do/ anything? Does it give that person any kind of alert they have been mentioned?

For clarity, I mean when people type things like @BaronVonChickenpants in a forum post to mention or reference that player.

Let's see @BaronVonChickenpants . Have you received any notification? 

No, only a notification that a reply had been posted to my thread. If you were to do the same in a different thread I wasn't already following I doubt I'd hear about it. 

It doesn't do anything, or at least not for non-staff. Can't say if there might be some code where it alerts for them

Ah, that would be super handy if it did, but I do understand the possibility for abuse.

If it did give you a notification, it would result in people getting flooded with notifications, often about threads they're not interested in, simply because someone was talking about them - that would be quite annoying for mods, staff, and high-profile members of the community.

It would also result in people intentionally trolling people by flooding them with notifications.

If you want someone to see a thread, post a note on their page or send them a message.

All it does is make it easier for someone reading the post to jump to that person's profile.

BaronVonChickenpants

does this work? @BaronVonChickenpants

No, I was only notified there as a new reply because I am already following this thread. If you did that in some other thread I would not be notified