Mentions and the Inbox
Mention people with @, use @here and @channel, and clear what needs you from the Inbox.
Mention someone
Type @ and the first letters of a name, then pick the person. They get it in their Inbox and, if they turned them on, a notification.
@here- everyone in the conversation who is online now.@channel- everyone in the conversation.
You can only mention people who can read the conversation. Type # to link a channel.
The Inbox
Click Inbox at the top. It gathers what needs you:
- mentions of you,
@hereand@channel, - replies to your messages,
- new messages in threads you follow,
- missed calls.
Click an item to jump to the message. Choose Done to clear one, or Mark all done. Cleared items stay under Done for a while.
Unread
A conversation with new messages is bold in the list; a red number counts mentions. Choose Mark unread on a message to come back to it later.