After using Discourse which has auto user suggest built in as a feature, I'm spoiled by it. It's a great way to bring specific people into a conversation that they might otherwise ignore or not be aware of. I hope this enhancement makes it into bbPress. It's another way of enhancing the communication between members of a community. I'd love to see an argument for not adding it to bbPress or why it's better off as a plugin rather than in core.

Now that BuddyPress 2.1 is available, I think we'll see more effort and work go towards bbPress 2.6 being released.