From 47a936eaa3cd9338e40091526ee0981fe6158f47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Diekershoff Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 07:42:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] groups vs forums and mentioning those --- doc/Tags-and-Mentions.md | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Tags-and-Mentions.md b/doc/Tags-and-Mentions.md index 5501d0d580..409c9c7395 100644 --- a/doc/Tags-and-Mentions.md +++ b/doc/Tags-and-Mentions.md @@ -21,11 +21,19 @@ You can tag a person on a different network or one that is **not in your social * @mike@macgirvin.com - This is called a "remote mention" and can only be an email-style locator, not a web URL. -Unless their system blocks unsolicited "mentions", the person tagged will likely receive a "Mention" post/activity or become a direct participant in the conversation in the case of public posts. Please note that Friendica blocks incoming "mentions" from people with no relationship to you. This is a spam prevention measure. +Unless their system blocks unsolicited "mentions", the person tagged will likely receive a "Mention" post/activity or become a direct participant in the conversation in the case of public posts. +Please note that Friendica blocks incoming "mentions" from people with no relationship to you. +This is a spam prevention measure. -Remote mentions are delivered using the OStatus protocol. This protocol is used by Friendica and GNU Social and several other systems, but is not currently implemented in Diaspora. +Remote mentions are delivered using the OStatus protocol. +This protocol is used by Friendica and GNU Social and several other systems, but is not currently implemented in Diaspora. -Friendica makes no distinction between people and groups for the purpose of tagging. (Some other networks use !group to indicate a group.) +Friendica makes no distinction between people and forums for the purpose of tagging. +(Some other networks use !forum to indicate a forum.) + +If you sort your contacts into groups, you cannot @-mention these groups. +But you can select the group in the access control when creating a new posting, to allow (or disallow) a certain group of people to see the posting. +See [Groups and Privacy](help/Groups-and-Privacy) for more details about grouping your contacts. **Topical Tags**