The Activity tab can be enabled on each record Detail Layout where your users can leave comments about the record, @mention other users and like comments from others.
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Enable Activity in Detail layout
Click a record in your List layout
Click Edit Layout
Click Tabs
Toggle on Activity
Rename the tab using the Pencil Icon
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Mentions and Notifications
Users can @mention each other by typing the @ symbol and the first letter of the recipients name and selecting the name in the dropdown. This will trigger a notification to the mentioned user.
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The user will receive an email notification when they log into the app, they will also see a notification bell. Clicking on the bell will take the user to the correct comment.
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Turn off notifications
Click App Settings
Click General
Expand Comments & Notifications
Uncheck the boxes and click save
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Following
You can opt to receive notifications when anyone posts on a particular record by toggling the Follow option to the right of the Activity tab.
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Whenever you make comment on a record, this toggle will automatically be enabled. You can turn it off if you do not want to receive notifications of new activity on this record.
There isn't a way to automatically follow a comment. Vote for the feature here.
Limitations
There are some limitations on what the activity tab can do, these are listed below: