There has been some feedback from the community asking for a quick way to link to channels. In IRC, #channel is used, but in Mattermost hashtags are used to tag topics.
Opening a thread here to discuss options, here’s what we’ve considered so far:
Reference channels using something other than # (for example, !channel-name).
Use hashtags to tag topics, but override the hashtag and link to the channel if a channel name is used. (This may be a problem for channels with names that can be used as topics, such as “marketing”).
Right now we’re leaning towards option 1, but wanted to start a conversation here before moving forward.
Mattermost newbie here (we’ll be setting up a server in our office soon) and I have been looking for this feature, so I personally would welcome it very much.
As for the options, using a #hashtag would be more convinient, but if this too complicated to implement, option 1 would also be fine in my opinion. This will be especially useful for users who are not very tech-savvy.
I think avoiding collisions with hashtags is the way to go.
Option 1 looks good to me.
Although I don’t really have a preference for a symbol, it obviously should not be a sign that is obscure to average users (like ^, § or worse). ! should do the job just fine.
I think the question was how to reference a team change for a channel. Say you’re in team B and want to reference channel 1 in team A via something like ~A#1…
