# 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:** [2 نوفمبر 2014، 3:18م 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:** ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Post date:** [2 نوفمبر 2014، 8:57م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-system-should-warn-you-if-you-mention-someone-who-wouldnt-be-able-to-see-it/21759/7 "2014-11-02T20:57:50Z")

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I just still want to be able to mention users who don’t have access. So far it is the quickest way to link to their profile without a lot of effort/work. 😄

So whatever you do, don’t remove the ability all together.

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