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

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Novembro 2, 2014, 3:18pm 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:** ![TechnoBear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/technobear/32/40546_2.png) [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Post date:** [Novembro 2, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-system-should-warn-you-if-you-mention-someone-who-wouldnt-be-able-to-see-it/21759/8 "2014-11-02T21:02:13Z")

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> [@cpradio](#):
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> So far it is the quickest way to link to their profile without a lot of effort/work.

Does that work without alerting them? I hadn’t realised that.

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