# What is a @here mention?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-here-mention/217878>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** mentions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-here-mention/217878 "2022-02-11T12:36:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-here-mention/217878/3 "2022-02-11T12:57:10Z")

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Thanks @JammyDodger! I was trying to figure it out because I just re-categorized a thread & updated its title & wanted to notify the folks who had participated. But without being sure what here did, I was afraid to use it.

**And** at a minimum, I suppose the description of the “here mention” field could be improved to something like:

> Name used for `@here` mention to allow a privileged user to notify up to 10 people participating in the thread. Must not…

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