# The system should warn you if you @mention someone who wouldn't be able to see it

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-system-should-warn-you-if-you-mention-someone-who-wouldnt-be-able-to-see-it/21759>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Novembre 2, 2014, 3:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-system-should-warn-you-if-you-mention-someone-who-wouldnt-be-able-to-see-it/21759 "2014-11-02T15:18:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![hunterboerner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hunterboerner/32/114646_2.png) [@hunterboerner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hunterboerner)\
**Post date:** [Novembre 2, 2014, 4:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-system-should-warn-you-if-you-mention-someone-who-wouldnt-be-able-to-see-it/21759/2 "2014-11-02T16:07:55Z")

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FWIW this is how slack handles that issue.  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/9/7903c0063ade89cc13691c7f069dd58a569a85e5.png)

Just a little inspiration.

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