Mention people in your posts

Mentioning a connection or other members encourages engagement with your posts and comments. Connections or other members mentioned get notified about the post or comment. A post or comment is associated with a connection’s or other member’s profile. Viewers can click on a connection or other member’s name to navigate to their profiles.

Note: LinkedIn members don't need to be your connection in order to mention you or be mentioned by you.

To mention someone in a post:

From your LinkedIn homepage, click Start a post or click Comment at the bottom of someone else's post.
Type "@" and then begin typing a name. The type-ahead feature predicts related names as you type your keywords.

Note: If you are trying to mention someone with a common name, type their company in addition to their name, for example, 'Jane Doe LinkedIn'.
Click the name of the person or people you want to mention from the list and continue typing your message.
Click Post.

After you select someone from the list and finish your post, that person will receive email and app notifications of the mention.

Notes:

Some members might have their setting turned off for mentions. In this case, the mention link will disappear once you publish the post.
You can edit your posts and comments to add a mention.

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