# 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:** [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:** ![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:** [Novembro 2, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-system-should-warn-you-if-you-mention-someone-who-wouldnt-be-able-to-see-it/21759/9 "2014-11-02T21:06:02Z")

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Confirmed, they do not get any notification 😄 Which is great, as it permits us to quickly link to them while having discussions.

I don’t mind being notified that they can’t see the mention, but I want to be able to mention them.

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