When I write a post for multiple sites, I want it to appear as naturally as possible in each place.
I try to use mentions when I can, since that’s the “native” thing to do.
But when there is a mention that doesn’t correspond to an account on a site, it shows up as its plain text name with an “@” prefix. For example: “@Some Person”. This formatting, IMO, is entirely unnatural. I’d never personally author the text like that, so it discourages me from using mentions or JCP entirely.
If that “@” was removed, then I think everything would be dandy. I can write the person’s proper name as the Profile Name, and that would appear naturally in the post text.
Is this possible to do?
You could also leave a bit of hint text underneath the “Profile Name” field to say that is what will appear when no mention is available.
