# Who gets notified when you reply to a topic that contains an @mention?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 10, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-gets-notified-when-you-reply-to-a-topic-that-contains-an-mention/77682 "2018-01-10T16:00:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-gets-notified-when-you-reply-to-a-topic-that-contains-an-mention/77682/3 "2018-01-10T20:35:57Z")

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> [@alehandrof](#):
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> Why did this happen?

Could some of those users be watching the category/topic, not just the first post?

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