Make usernames unique or display email with name in forum mentions
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When tagging someone in the OutSystems Forum using @, multiple people with the same display name can appear. This makes it unclear which person you are actually replying to.

To improve clarity and avoid confusion, I suggest these options:

  1. Enforce unique usernames that each user can set for themselves.

  2. Display this unique username with name consistently across the forum (profile, comments, and mentions).

  3. In the mention dropdown, show both name + unique username so members can easily identify the right person.

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We can also go with an easy step, which in the forum email should be displayed with the name, and also in the mention dropdown


This will make communication smoother and ensure that members always tag the correct person in forum discussions.

Showing a unique username along with the display name will make it clear who is being tagged. This avoids confusion and ensures the right person is mentioned in forum discussions...

About your solutions:

Unique names may be hard to implement. Who has rights over a shared name? Oldest account that is no longer active? The account with more activity?

People do not want their email shown to the world.


The question is, why do you need to tag people?

  • If they are following the topic, they get notified any way. Using the name is enough.
  • If you want people not on topic to see it, you can drop a DM.

Tagging people should disappear completely as it is only a way of spamming people.