# 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:** [11월 2, 2014, 3:18오후 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:** ![lake54](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lake54/32/121955_2.png) [@lake54](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lake54)\
**Post date:** [11월 2, 2014, 5:22오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-system-should-warn-you-if-you-mention-someone-who-wouldnt-be-able-to-see-it/21759/3 "2014-11-02T17:22:26Z")

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And for more inspiration, here’s now Facebook does it with closed groups:

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/b/6bdbfde276c38b5b2298e940ab9dd9bc2a158fd7.png)

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