Re: Mentions and Group Conversations on iPhone

[Jennie Facer]

I am not quite sure who said that mentions is in the rotor, but there is no such animal. Do what Malcolm suggests. Jenn Jenn and Kumi On Jan 2, 2023, at 6:52 AM, Malcolm Parfitt <malc...@parfitt1.org.uk> wrote: Hello, Not sure whether this will address your issue but try the following. Go into Settings and Messages. Navigate to the heading Mentions. In here is a Notify Me button.  Deselect this.  The explanation reads:  When this is on, you will be notified when your name is mentioned even if conversations are muted. Malcolm Parfitt On 2 Jan 2023, at 13:43, Mike B. <mb69ma...@fastmail.com> wrote:  Good morning Margaret,   I don't have Mentions on my rotor and I don't have it in Accessibility / Voiceover / Rotor either.  I don't have a clude as where or how you would remove it from the rotor.  I tried doing a couple of searches for removing the Mentions option from the rotor and only got some Youtube links, which I didn't listen to since they're usually done, for and by, sighted folks. Hopefully another list member can help us both out with an answer>   Take care.  Mike.  Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret Thomas To: V iPhone list Sent: Monday, January 02, 2023 3:53 AM Subject: Re: Mentions and Group Conversations on iPhone Hi, Mike: The first part went fine, but I'm not finding mentions in settings, accessibility, VoiceOver, rotor to delete mentions from the rotor.  Is it somewhere else or am I not awake enough or...? Thanks, Margaret On 1/1/2023 11:19 PM, Mike B. wrote: > Hi Margaret, > Yes, turn group conversationing off. > Yes, turn shared with you off. This has something to do with conten > that is shared with you will also be shared with certain apps, whatever > the hell that means! > Yes, you can remove mentions from the rotor. > Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Margaret Thomas <mailto:avidrea...@fastmail.com> > *To:* V iPhone list <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 01, 2023 11:24 AM > *Subject:* Mentions and Group Conversations on iPhone > > Good Afternoon, All: > > I'm hoping someone can help me tame a couple things in the iPhone > messages app that have been annoying me. > > When I finish composing or sending a message, I often hear mention or > mentions or mentioned and one of these is in my rotor. My search so far > shows that this seems to have something to do with group conversations > and if I am mentioned. I do not participate in any group conversations. >  Running IOS 16.1.2, In settings: messages; mentions notify me is off. > Group conversationing is on. Am I correct that I want to turn it off? > Share name and photo is off;share it with you is on and I think I'm not > thrilled about it. Could someone explain this better? > > One article I found says that Keep in mind that the notify me setting as > off "will only be useful if you’ve already muted the group > conversation." I'm not getting a lot of messages from someone or many > unwanted message, so, at this point, don't see the need to mute. > > To slim down the rotor, can I remove the mentions item? > > Any help is much appreciated, > > Margaret > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. 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