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.

siggy47

Even better, and simple for non coders like me

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. 

k00b

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.

 maybe ... and it ends up getting broadcast to nostr as 

Hidden User Tags In Posts?

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](https://stacker.news/k00b) and still triggers the mention on SN