Wildcat Media
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We have the ability to set the maximum number of users who can be mentioned in a post. I would like to let members use this to mention a lot more members in a post, but don't want to create any major issues by doing so.
What exactly in the forum or on the server is stressed if the number of username mentions is set too high?
As I see it, sending the notifications might not be an issue since a watched thread can generate a hundred or more notifications each time a new post is made. (This particular forum is very busy and active.)
Where I see an issue is when the post is submitted, as XF has to look up each "@Username" text string to see if there is a matching username, so it can hotlink the username as [user="7779311"]user_name[/user] for each match within the post.
Beyond that, unless I'm missing something, I can't see anything else that might cause an issue.
This is by way of the usergroup permission setting:
What exactly in the forum or on the server is stressed if the number of username mentions is set too high? As I see it, sending the notifications might not be an issue since a watched thread can generate a hundred or more notifications each time a new post is made. (This particular forum is very busy and active.)
Where I see an issue is when the post is submitted, as XF has to look up each "@Username" text string to see if there is a matching username, so it can hotlink the username as [user="7779311"]user_name[/user] for each match within the post.
Beyond that, unless I'm missing something, I can't see anything else that might cause an issue.
This is by way of the usergroup permission setting:
