Hi there. I'm having troubles trying to figure out how to @ users on this website. You know how people link stuff, right? Well, it's kind of like that, except it's users.

sparkleneon said:
Hi there. I'm having troubles trying to figure out how to @ users on this website. You know how people link stuff, right? Well, it's kind of like that, except it's users.

Like this: "sparkleneon":/user/show/1064265 -> sparkleneon

Or this: "sparkleneon":/users/1064265 -> sparkleneon

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sparkleneon said:
Hi there. I'm having troubles trying to figure out how to @ users on this website. You know how people link stuff, right? Well, it's kind of like that, except it's users.

You can't, at least not in the way I think you want to. The "Search for myself" links in the profile page just do a regular text search, making them useless for people with names that also occur in normal speech, and there's no notification system.

gattonero2001 said:
Like this: "sparkleneon":/user/show/1064265 -> sparkleneon

Or this: "sparkleneon":/users/1064265 -> sparkleneon

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On top of this, you can also do it with usernames:

"sparkleneon":/users/sparkleneon -> sparkleneon

This way does have some constraints though, such as the link no longer working or leading to somebody else if the user changes name and also if the username fully consists of numbers.

gattonero2001 said:
Or this: "sparkleneon":/users/1064265 -> sparkleneon

You wrote that wrong. It's "sparkleneon":https://e621.net/users/1064265.

furrin_gok said:
You wrote that wrong. It's "sparkleneon":https://e621.net/users/1064265.

No, both ways lead to the same result.

gattonero2001 said:
No, both ways lead to the same result.

Unless you're on e926, where it will force you to go to the page on e621 instead. Using sparkleneon shows as an external link (with the little box and arrow icon), while sparkleneon is a normal "internal" link.

gattonero2001 said:
No, both ways lead to the same result.

watsit said:
Unless you're on e926, where it will force you to go to the page on e621 instead. Using sparkleneon shows as an external link (with the little box and arrow icon), while sparkleneon is a normal "internal" link.

Internal links are those that have nothing before and including e621.net or e926.net.