Discobot suddenly pinging me because I edited my username into its first post

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Issue Summary

cookywook is receiving notifications every time someone joins the Community and receives a DM from Discobot, which contains their @-name. This was not happening before, and they are unsure of the cause.

Solutions Provided

  • vinothkannans suggests removing the @-mention from the greeting and using a profile link instead, e.g., Mention [@username](https://meta.discourse.org/u/username) for help.
  • codinghorror recommends taking vinothkannans’s advice as the easiest fix.
  • rizka proposes muting @discobot in preferences, but notes that this might have unpleasant side effects.

Outcome

cookywook has implemented vinothkannans’s solution, and their notifications are now quiet.

1

Hello!

In the welcome message from Discobot, I’ve included my @-name so people know who to come to if they need anything. But as of last night / this morning, this means I’m getting a notification every time someone joins the Community and receives this DM.

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I’m confused, because this wasn’t happening before. And I don’t think I’ve changed anything that would cause this.

Is there a setting that controls whether private message mentions notify the mention-ee?

(If not, I’ll just change the @-mentions in the welcome message to profile links. But I’d like to understand this first).

Thanks!

2

You should remove the mention from the greeting. Instead you can use like below which won’t ping you.

Mention [@username](https://meta.discourse.org/u/username) for help

3

Aha that’s an interesting edge condition cc @tgxworld but I recommend taking @vinothkannans advice, above, as the easiest and fastest fix.

4

Yup, I’ve followed that advice and my notifcations are quiet(ish) again.

5

I think that muting @discobot in your preferences would work. Not sure if it would have some unpleasant side effects, though.