Give your participants the ability to trigger more interaction between people, by allowing them to mention each other.
Supported in Forum, Challenge, and in Blog type @ or use the @ symbol in the toolbar and you will see participant usernames pop-up as you begin typing. The mentioned participant will receive an email notification. This email message is configurable within the admin.
A message is also added to the notification center. Within the email settings in a profile, the participant is capable of disabling the email.
Whenever a mention is within a quote, the mention email and notification will not go out. Only the quote email will go out.