# Confusing, not always accurate notification "By mentioning x, you are about to notify y people"

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**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [2016 年5 月 23 日 14:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-not-always-accurate-notification-by-mentioning-x-you-are-about-to-notify-y-people/44677 "2016-05-23T14:35:38Z")\
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作者： ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
发布日期： [2016 年5 月 23 日 14:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-not-always-accurate-notification-by-mentioning-x-you-are-about-to-notify-y-people/44677/2 "2016-05-23T14:37:35Z")

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Why bother mentioning a group if they can’t see the mention? What is the purpose of a mention at that point? Why not just say “everyone in the astronauts group..” instead of @astronauts ..?

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