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

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-suddenly-pinging-me-because-i-edited-my-username-into-its-first-post/82965>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 14, 2018, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-suddenly-pinging-me-because-i-edited-my-username-into-its-first-post/82965 "2018-03-14T10:47:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discobot-suddenly-pinging-me-because-i-edited-my-username-into-its-first-post/82965/2 "2018-03-14T11:07:52Z")

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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`

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