You get a warning via Slackbot if you include spaces between a user's name and the ++ or --, however, when you select a user from the auto-complete list in slack, it automatically adds a colon and a space. It's unrealistic to expect people are going to hit backspace 3 times before adding ++ or --.
You get a warning via Slackbot if you include spaces between a user's name and the ++ or --, however, when you select a user from the auto-complete list in slack, it automatically adds a colon and a space. It's unrealistic to expect people are going to hit backspace 3 times before adding ++ or --.