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Maybe use an illegal character at the beginning of the mention string? So:

@-group

@-channel

I’m not sure I like that approach though as people may forget the -. How does Slack avoid the problem? They seem to use mentions without illegal characaters such as @channel @all and @everyone without any problems.

How would you guys suggest this works?

@group

@channel

What if these are usernames too? I’m wondering about the best way to do this.