Tagging other members

The search facility is a bit hit and miss while proboards update the systems. until then, there is another way to tag members.

You have to make sure you use their USER name not display name
When you hover your mouse over their name, it will tell you their username.

Hover over mine, it will show you admin, for example.

When viewing the thread, hold your Alt key and click on my username. It'll add my login username to your post automatically inside the Quick Reply box, preceded by an @ symbol which tags me.

In the event this doesn't work, you can also hover over my username and it will tell you my tag.

Excuse my lack of knowledge about such things (I don't use facebook etc) but what is the point or use of "tagging" ?

Err ok, thanks baz657 or baz657.
Just had a quick go, mine doesn't seem to work, it just says "NO RESULTS FOUND"

I sometimes have the same problem when tagging. Click on the icon and the box appears, but when I type in the name it tells me no results found. I've also experienced this when trying to send a PM and type in the name of recipient.