# There doesn't seem to be any documentation about @mentions

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-doesnt-seem-to-be-any-documentation-about-mentions/391612
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**Created:** [17 בדצמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-doesnt-seem-to-be-any-documentation-about-mentions/391612 "2025-12-17T23:52:28Z")
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### Author: ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [18 בדצמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 12:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/there-doesnt-seem-to-be-any-documentation-about-mentions/391612/3 "2025-12-18T00:01:26Z")

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I’m sure it used to, and I’m sure I observed it being a big headache for many here on Meta.

I recall having to switch any topic where I was mentioned back to ‘normal’ or ‘tracking’ manually, which was very tedious!!

But I’m a bit uncertain if I am hallucinating, or the functionality changed:

> [@Mention group/user without notification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-group-user-without-notification/38958/31):
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> I don’t believe a mention has ever caused the person to start watching a topic. Once upon a time when I was a customer, I suggested that as an option, but I’m pretty certain it never was done in any form: [Preference: Automatically Watch Topic when I am @mentioned, quoted, or invited](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preference-automatically-watch-topic-when-i-am-mentioned-quoted-or-invited/44602)

Certainly I have been doing things wrong recently as I expected it to bump people up to watching. Explains a lot of flat engagement!!!

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