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+## Abandoned
+Unfortunately, I don't have the time to adequately maintain this package. I recommend [Xetaravel-Mentions](https://github.com/XetaIO/Xetaravel-Mentions) which appears to be better maintained with similar functionality.
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+In hindsight, this package has tried to do too much to implement this functionality. If you're looking to implement mentions, I think you'd be better off implementing the front-end manually, and abstracting the back-end to that package above or writing your own API.
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+Hope this helps!
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 This Laravel >=5.4 package provides an easy way to setup mentions for Eloquent models. It provides the front-end for inserting mentions into **content-editable** elements, the back-end for associating mentions with models and lastly an elegant way to notify the mentioned models that they have been mentioned.
 
 Here are a few short examples of what you can do: