@mentions

[holmesal]

So messages currently look like this:

{
  "type": String,
  "content": Dictionary,
  "owner": String,
  ".priority": Unix time in milliseconds
} 

I propose we add a "mentions" property on the top level, which contains a key-value mapping of the users mentioned. Key should be the string name used in the @mention, and value should be the uid of the user it maps to.

It would look like this in a message:

{
  "type": String,
  "content": Dictionary,
  "owner": String,
  "mentions": {
    "Matthew": "facebook:1234567890",
    "Dan A.": "facebook:9478463873"
  },
  ".priority": Unix time in milliseconds
} 

What say you @DogsForArms?

@matthewkulp what do you think about different ways to @mention by name? For example, @alex (if there is only one alex), @AlexW or @Alex W. if there are two, etc?

[holmesal]

Actually, I'm thinking about inverting that mentions object, so the keys are the uids and the values are the strings used to refer to them. It definitely makes it a little easier to filter when deciding whether to send a push notification.

So it would look like this:

{
  "type": String,
  "content": Dictionary,
  "owner": String,
  "mentions": {
    "facebook:1234567890": "Matthew",
    "facebook:9478463873": "Dan A."
  },
  ".priority": Unix time in milliseconds
} 

[holmesal]

Updated based on convo today:

{
  "type": String,
  "content": Dictionary,
  "owner": String,
  "mentions": [
    {
      "substring": String,
      "uuid": String
    }
  ],
  ".priority": Unix time in milliseconds
} 

[DogsForArms]

Implemented on android. Substring may either be @Username or @FirstnameLastname, I am not sure yet!