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Alfred Silent Mention
Alfred 4 workflow to silently type @usernames
, domains.com
, or #hashtags
without them being linked or parsed by Twitter, Slack, iMessage, and more.
For example, you can type @stop
on Twitter without poor Doug Bowman getting a notification.
Or you could type WordPress.com
or Amazon.com
in Slack without a big annoying preview loading in.
Installation
- Have Alfred installed.
- Have the Alfred Powerpack installed.
- Download the Silent Mention workflow file, and double-click it to add it to Alfred.
- Customize the keyword if you want (default is
silent
).
Usage
Invoke Alfred, then type silent @username
or silent amazon.com
or silent #hashtag
and hit return. The thing you typed will be pasted into the frontmost app, but will not be seen as a username mention, a domain link, or a valid hashtag.
How It Works
It works by inserting an invisible U+2060
Word Joiner character in a location that breaks the parsing. U+2060
is a special character that means “the things on either side of me should stay stuck together”. So, to Twitter, it looks like WordPress.com
or @stop
, but to a human's eyes, it is just WordPress.com
or @stop
.
Works On
- Slack
- iMessage
- GitHub
- And more