Facebook @mentions
What makes a social network great asides from the obvious are the little touches that are added to make updating you status easy. In the age of less is more it’s nice to have these add-ons.
Ok I am going to cut to the chase, it’s the @mentions or new tagging feature from Facebook. If you are a regular Twitter user you are very familiar with the @username, as a way of replying to the people you are having a conversation with.
This feature is somewhat similar to Twitter however it’s not only user name based but contextual as well. Here’s an example of what I am talking about. Say I want to @ a particular friend who’s name begins with A.
Click on the wall tab and type the @ followed by the word you want to use, in this case it’s @a.
A drop down window will be opened with all the relevant info. related to a. i.e. Pages, groups, events etc.. that contain a. Keep typing the rest of the word until you find the relevant item.
Click on the item. There you have it. It’s very easy.
So if you have been to an event and want to comment on it use the @mentions feature. If you have a comment for a number of friends then this is a great feature to use as it saves you writing on multiple walls at the same time.
Go ahead it and get @crazy in Facebook.
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