diff --git a/files/helpers/alerts.py b/files/helpers/alerts.py
index 54cb51e28..40796502a 100644
--- a/files/helpers/alerts.py
+++ b/files/helpers/alerts.py
@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@ def notif_comment(text):
 
 
 def notif_comment2(p):
+	if p.ghost:
+		author_link = '@👻'
+	else:
+		author_link = f'<a href="/id/{p.author_id}" rel="nofollow"><img loading="lazy" src="/pp/{p.author_id}">@{p.author_name}</a>'
 
-	text = f"@{p.author_name} has mentioned you: [{p.title}](/post/{p.id})"
+	sanitized_title = filter_emojis_only(p.title)
+
+	text = f'{author_link} has mentioned you: <a href="/post/{p.id}">{sanitized_title}</a>'
 
 	search_html = f'%</a> has mentioned you: <a href="/post/{p.id}"%'
 
@@ -106,8 +112,7 @@ def notif_comment2(p):
 	if existing: return existing[0], text
 	else:
 		if p.hole: text += f" in <a href='/h/{p.hole}'>/h/{p.hole}"
-		text_html = sanitize(text, blackjack="notification", post_mention_notif=True)
-		return create_comment(text_html), text
+		return create_comment(text), text
 
 
 def add_notif(cid, uid, text, pushnotif_url=''):
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index f64c77ac1..e636cc62a 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def handle_youtube_links(url):
 	return html
 
 @with_sigalrm_timeout(10)
-def sanitize(sanitized, golden=True, limit_pings=0, showmore=False, count_emojis=False, snappy=False, chat=False, blackjack=None, post_mention_notif=False, commenters_ping_post_id=None, obj=None, author=None):
+def sanitize(sanitized, golden=True, limit_pings=0, showmore=False, count_emojis=False, snappy=False, chat=False, blackjack=None, commenters_ping_post_id=None, obj=None, author=None):
 	def error(error):
 		if chat:
 			return error, 403
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ def sanitize(sanitized, golden=True, limit_pings=0, showmore=False, count_emojis
 			continue
 
 		#don't allow something like this [https://rԁrama.net/leaderboard](https://iplogger.org/1fRKk7)
-		if not snappy and not post_mention_notif:
+		if not snappy:
 			string_domain = tldextract.extract(str(link.string)).registered_domain
 			if string_domain and string_domain != tldextract.extract(href).registered_domain:
 				link.string = href