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This could be solved damn easily by adding a THANKS button they can press instead. Voila!
^ This. Come one, FFS you call it Furry NETWORK, not Furry Station *khm*
You call it a network, yet it lacks networking features. Shouts are one way of actually connecting to people. This is also why we need groups and a forum!
The purpose of shouts as I said is to connect. You can say hello, thank something, let someone know you like their character, or whatever else you feel like sharing publicly. Without shouts people woulc only use private messages, but most of us don't want our inbox be full of casual chit-chat and one-liners, that's what shouts are for so PMs can be saved for proper discussions.
This is especially important for us artists, we need our inbox to be clean of noise, conducting business is already complicated enough.
Please read my related proposal and explanation of the problems with Markdown here: http://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/650-/
Until they hopefully allow proper formatting (BB Code and/or HTML) you should be able to escape markdown with a backslash. So \@ is supposed to render as just @.
Please read my related proposal and explanation of the problems with Markdown here: http://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/650-/
Please read my related proposal and explanation of the problems with Markdown here: http://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/650-/
Please read my related proposal and explanation of the problems with Markdown here: http://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/650-/
Please read my related proposal and explanation of the problems with Markdown here: http://support.furrynetwork.com/topics/650-/
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Not really, mentions are a totally different approach.
If I post on my own wall with a mention, the target and my watchers will see. If I shout, then everyone visiting target's profile will see it instead. Thus the two will involve different audiences.