diff --git a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue
index e4d395fa..514b7475 100644
--- a/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue
+++ b/src/components/mention_link/mention_link.vue
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
     <!-- eslint-disable vue/no-v-html -->
     <a
       v-if="!user"
-      href="url"
+      :href="url"
       class="original"
+      target="_blank"
       v-html="content"
     />
     <!-- eslint-enable vue/no-v-html -->
diff --git a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
index 79acd1de..cd73f2e5 100644
--- a/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
+++ b/src/components/rich_content/rich_content.jsx
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
       required: true,
       type: String
     },
+    attentions: {
+      required: false,
+      default: () => []
+    },
     // Emoji object, as in status.emojis, note the "s" at the end...
     emoji: {
       required: true,
@@ -91,8 +95,12 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
       </a>
     }
 
-    const renderMention = (attrs, children, encounteredText) => {
+    const renderMention = (attrs, children) => {
       const linkData = getLinkData(attrs, children, mentionIndex++)
+      linkData.notifying = this.attentions.some(a => a.statusnet_profile_url === linkData.url)
+      if (!linkData.notifying) {
+        encounteredText = true
+      }
       writtenMentions.push(linkData)
       if (!encounteredText) {
         firstMentions.push(linkData)
@@ -148,7 +156,7 @@ export default Vue.component('RichContent', {
         const Tag = getTagName(opener)
         const attrs = getAttrs(opener)
         switch (Tag) {
-          case 'span': // replace images with StillImage
+          case 'span': // Replace last mentions class with mentionsline
             if (attrs['class'] && attrs['class'].includes('lastMentions')) {
               if (firstMentions.length > 1 && lastMentions.length > 1) {
                 break
diff --git a/src/components/status_body/status_body.js b/src/components/status_body/status_body.js
index 601c963b..d1736ba3 100644
--- a/src/components/status_body/status_body.js
+++ b/src/components/status_body/status_body.js
@@ -85,6 +85,20 @@ const StatusContent = {
     })
   },
   methods: {
+    onParseReady (event) {
+      this.$emit('parseReady', event)
+      const { writtenMentions } = event
+      writtenMentions
+        .filter(mention => !mention.notifying)
+        .forEach(mention => {
+          const { content, url } = mention
+          const cleanedString = content.replace(/<[^>]+?>/gi, '') // remove all tags
+          if (!cleanedString.startsWith('@')) return
+          const handle = cleanedString.slice(1)
+          const host = url.replace(/^https?:\/\//, '').replace(/\/.+?$/, '')
+          this.$store.dispatch('fetchUserIfMissing', `${handle}@${host}`)
+        })
+    },
     toggleShowMore () {
       if (this.mightHideBecauseTall) {
         this.showingTall = !this.showingTall
diff --git a/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue b/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
index 2be46303..d77ccd54 100644
--- a/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
+++ b/src/components/status_body/status_body.vue
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
           :handle-links="true"
           :hide-mentions="hideMentions"
           :greentext="mergedConfig.greentext"
-          @parseReady="$emit('parseReady', $event)"
+          :attentions="status.attentions"
+          @parseReady="onParseReady"
         />
 
         <button