Mention Facebook Pages, LinkedIn Pages, Twitter users, or Instagram users in your posts when publishing from the composer. Published mentions are recognized in the native social network as a hyperlink to the user or Page, and the user or Page mentioned will receive a notification of the mention.
Mentions in posts sent to more than one social network will only publish as hyperlinked mentions in the applicable social network. In the other social networks the mentions will be converted to plain text.
Facebook Page mentions can only be published by other Facebook Pages.
LinkedIn Page mentions can be published by a LinkedIn Page or a personal profile. Note that mentions are not supported for Showcase Pages.
To mention a user or Page
- In the Composer, click Select social networks, and then select the social profile(s) to publish your post to.
- In the Text field, within the content of your post, enter @username to mention the user or Page.
- Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn: A list of results will populate. Select the user/Page name from the list.
- Instagram: Enter a user’s exact @username and the hyperlinked mention will go live when published, but the @mention will remain in plain text in the composer.
- Complete the other elements of your post, and then send or schedule as usual.
Mentioning in the legacy composer
Twitter, Facebook Page, and Instagram mentions are supported in the legacy composer.
To mention a user or Page
- Select the social profile(s) that will send the post from the Social Profile Picker (top-left).
- Compose your post. Enter @username to mention the user or Page.
- Twitter/Facebook: A list of results will populate. Select the username from the list.
- Instagram: The @mention will remain in plain text, but will go live when the post is published.
- Complete your post.
- Click Send Now.
The @mentions feature will cache recently mentioned usernames with use, and populate them at the top of your list.