[ DISCORD CULTURE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
To send someone a direct notification by tagging or @-mentioning them in a message, ensuring they're specifically alerted rather than just seeing a message in a general channel.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Don't ping the whole role for something this minor."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard Discord and online-community vocabulary borrowing the networking term 'ping' (a network packet requesting a response) as a metaphor for deliberately alerting a specific person or role.
FIRST SEEN
2016
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Discord Culture Canon)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Ping Farming
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+1 AURA
TREND STATUS
↑ HIGH RISING FAST · LOW
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ DISCORD CULTURE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]
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2016
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