Voting
All published Ideas can be voted up / down by other users. Users can unvote Ideas at any time. Idea’s score is calculated as remainder between votes up and votes down.
Comments
There are 3 types of comments at Ideation:
Public comments
Internal comments
With Author comments
Public comments - comments at Idea Portal, which are visible for both Portal users and Jira users. Those comments can be voted up/down and classified (not mandatory) into categories such as Improvement, Question and For Moderator. Public comments can be pinned to the top of a thread.
Internal comments - comments which are displayed at Jira issue (Idea Comments tab) and can be viewed only by Jira users. Internal comments cannot be voted or classified.
With Author comments - comments between Portal Admin and Idea Author which had been made when Idea was in status DRAFT. Those comments are not visible to other Portal users.
Mentions
It is possible to mention someone by typing ‘@' + user_name. The system will suggest users with relevant names including their avatars and roles. The user who has been mentioned will receive an email notification.
Portal users are able to mention the following people:
Idea Author
Portal moderators
Commenters
Users who are authors of other Ideas at the Portal
Users who are commenters of other Ideas at the Portal
Jira users are able to mention the same people and other Jira users according to Browse Users permission.