# Showing Profile of who's presently invited on a topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-profile-of-whos-presently-invited-on-a-topic/42532>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [14 Abril, 2016 01:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-profile-of-whos-presently-invited-on-a-topic/42532 "2016-04-14T01:02:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [15 Abril, 2016 00:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-profile-of-whos-presently-invited-on-a-topic/42532/6 "2016-04-15T00:13:22Z")

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That’s because you entered a username, not an email address. Try entering an email address if you want to mail a link to someone.

Username means _they already have an account_.

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