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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "SMS BCC tool",
    "functionally different",
    "Mastodon",
    "Bluesky",
    "blog archive",
    "blogroll",
    "@here",
    "@everyone",
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  "textContent": "I'm in a few Discord servers of friends and we get together in-person regularly. Whenever I was the one organizing an event I would attempt to ping everyone details in the Discord using `@here`.\n\nAfter the initial ping I would usually follow-up with folks over text, which is fine and expected part of organizing. More often than not, invitees would be _way more responsive_ over text than over Discord. I created an SMS BCC tool because of how effective texting is for organizing events.\n\nTurns out that `@here` is functionally different from `@everyone` or `@channel` on Slack and Discord.  `@here` only sends notifications to users that are _currently online_ 🟢, not offline ⚫ or “away” 🟡. This makes `@here` useful for when you’re trying to play an online multiplayer game or chat synchronously... but not for planning a hang-out in advance. So none of my usually-offline friends on Discord would get my initial notification, only the follow-ups. I’ll be using `@channel` for this purpose from now on.\n\nI learned this from a friend and _three people_ including me were not aware of this distinction, so I figure I have to share this on the blog. Maybe this will help you increase the turn-out for the next event you host for Discord friends. What other Discord or Slack hacks am I probably unaware of? Send them to me via email or on social media.\n\n_Happy organizing!_\n\n\n\n\n* * *\n\nThanks for reading ♥ I would love to hear your thoughts! Contact me via Mastodon, Bluesky, or email. Browse the blog archive. Check out my blogroll.\n\n* * *\n\n\n",
  "title": "TIL “@here” only notifies online users on Discord and Slack",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z"
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