# So, how is that @ thing supposed to work anyway?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-is-that-thing-supposed-to-work-anyway/930206>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [January 10, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-is-that-thing-supposed-to-work-anyway/930206 "2021-01-10T21:33:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 24

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zogstrip/32/6338_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-is-that-thing-supposed-to-work-anyway/930206/24 "2021-01-22T23:09:14Z")

</div>

> [@codinghorror](#):
>
> I _currently_ suspect database migration data issues but we will get to the bottom of this because the current behavior is 🤪

It was indeed a bug due to the migration. I’ve manually fixed the database and the mentions should be much better 👍

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-is-that-thing-supposed-to-work-anyway/930206)._