Yes, using the filter to disable mentions solves the problem above, but then mentions are disable. It’s not a desirable outcome.
Other plugins – Network:
Advanced Access Manager
Akismet
BackWPup
Blue Login Style
BP Sticky Groups
BuddyPress
BuddyPress Docs
Enable Media Replace
Enhanced Media Library
Hashtag
Multisite Global Search
Multisite User Management
Network Shared Media
TinyMCE Advanced
User Groups
User Switching
WordPress MU Sitewide Tags Pages
WP-CMS Post Control
WP-Mail-SMTP
WP-Memory-Usage
WP Better Emails
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Broken Link Checker
Disable Sitewide Tags (Single Blog only)
Eyes Only: User Access Shortcode
Google Doc Embedder
HTML Editor Reloaded
Subscribe2
Unified Media Folder
WP-Polls
WP Native Dashboard