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

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**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [Mai 23, 2016, 2:35 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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**Author:** ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Post date:** [Mai 23, 2016, 3:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-not-always-accurate-notification-by-mentioning-x-you-are-about-to-notify-y-people/44677/3 "2016-05-23T15:02:14Z")

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For the same reason we mention categories and tags. It’s very handy to refer to groups and members, even in private messaging and in categories.

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