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Users such as T J cannot be mentioned in chat.
Replies work :(TJ_message_id) reply, but simple mentions @TJ do not.

There is no ping, hovering on the message has no effect when it should highlight the last message of mentioned user, and there is no on-site notification.

Screenshot of TJ's mention

This might be linked to the fact that mentions with 2 characters simply don't work. Trying to mention someone named foobar with @fo will not work even if there is no ambiguity in who the mention is aimed at (there is no other user in the room whose name starts with fo).

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    What if users change their name on purpose so that they can't be pinged? :P Commented May 17, 2016 at 9:27
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    Huh?! ... wait... I'm a man... and I can't ping those users... Therefore it must be true! Ladies, can you confirm? Commented May 17, 2016 at 10:41
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    @Jean-FrançoisCorbett: Hah, you beat me to it Commented May 17, 2016 at 10:55
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    123879459876987425245 years later > Still waiting for a comment from Ladies :P Commented May 17, 2016 at 11:01
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    @Jean-FrançoisCorbett Called it! Commented May 17, 2016 at 11:05
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    In before meta post titled "Mid-word truncation can lead to minor confusion with long tit...[les on the hot meta board]". Commented May 17, 2016 at 11:12
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    OMG a world of new trolling possibilities has just revealed itself to me!!! Commented May 17, 2016 at 11:24
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    This happened to me as my name is SO as M D and in chat room it shows as MD while in comment it shows right M D Commented May 17, 2016 at 11:25
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    Can confirm. I'm a floating smiley, and even I can't ping those users. Commented May 17, 2016 at 11:43
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    @AndrasDeak: Your capability of predicting the future is impressive: meta.stackoverflow.com/q/323183/2675154. Commented May 17, 2016 at 13:27
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    @NikolasCharalambidis I think people are free to be not pingable, and it's reasonable to not allow 2-letter pings (due to ambiguity). We just need a clear warning that you'll lose pinging privileges with a short username. Commented May 17, 2016 at 15:55
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    @Jean-FrançoisCorbett An old and yet still funny trick. imgur.com/a/648ht Commented May 17, 2016 at 16:40
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    This was reported on mSE several years ago - no response though: Chat not pinging when name is too short Commented May 17, 2016 at 20:59
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    @Kyll I beg to differ. The behaviour you're describing corresponds to comments on the main site, but chat is different: everybody who matches will be pinged. Compare this screenshot courtesy of Ander Biguri with the transcript around here: both Ander and I were pinged by @​And. Commented May 18, 2016 at 16:15
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    Relax everybody. I'm taking a look at it. Commented May 31, 2016 at 9:07

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Fixed: as of now, users whose normalized name consists of just two characters can be pinged in chat.

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    What about 1 character now? :D Commented Jun 2, 2016 at 11:59
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    @Tunaki The target for that one is at most 26 users, so how about no ;-) Commented Jun 2, 2016 at 13:18

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