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But why? You want to mention them without anyone seeing it?
Like BCC?
edit: ok, you mentioned why, sorry for not reading properly or immediately forgetting what I read, lol:
I foresee more and more long form stuff originally published here and then shared elsewhere. It would be awkward to have SN tags in the text.
If you share the text, the SN tag will just show as @siggy47, no markdown formatting. Or would you want it to show as just "siggy47" during sharing?
I can see SN becoming a place where content is published first, then hopefully widely shared on other sites. If you reference a non nym SN member by name in the article, you would want that person to see the mention, but you wouldn't want a SN only nym like @ekzyis in the article. I know it's not a big deal. It just so happens that the issue came up in an article I'm writing. I'm sure you have more important fish to fry.
A minimal problem example is cross-posting between SN and nostr. You post it on SN but SN also blasts it as a note written by the author to nostr relays. (Someone is working on this already!) People on nostr have no idea where it was originally posted, nor should they have to care.
So we'd want to be able to add a mention to a post that doesn't look like a mention but still acts like one.
[keyan](@k00b) maybe ... and it ends up getting broadcast to nostr as [keyan](https://stacker.news/k00b) and rendered as keyan and still triggers the mention on SN
Exactly! You would also want to encourage input through replies here. Example - I review Mutiny Wallet and want Tony's input and reaction through replies.
Alternatively, maybe we just recognize SN links that point to profiles and have them trigger mentions.
e.g. make links like [keyan](https://stacker.news/k00b) in markdown function just like a mention.
Even better, and simple for non coders like me
Let me give an example. You write content that will be shared outside Stacker News. You talk about Keyan Kousha, and you want him to know, but it would look dumb to include @k00b in the text of the article.
I see, makes a lot of sense now!
I think I messed up explaining what I meant. I would like to be able to tag an SN user without the tag being visible in the text.