I am told by support that the new @ username tag feature can not be removed.

The problem with this is it is allowing people to be constantly harassed on a forum, even in a nice way with people begging them for replies to their posts.

 

Please don’t try and be social media, please try and stay what you excel at, a forum.  This is a step backwards if this is mandatory and not an optional ACP feature.

 

Ashley.

Considering that other features have been built in to manage this kind of harassment, I really don't think IPS should work on a global switch for mentions.

Sounds like a good idea for a third-party developer, though.