diff --git a/lib/shared/markdown.js b/lib/shared/markdown.js
--- a/lib/shared/markdown.js
+++ b/lib/shared/markdown.js
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@
 } {
   const threadInfo = chatMentionCandidates[capture[2]];
   const threadName = threadInfo?.uiName ?? decodeChatMentionText(capture[3]);
-  const content = `@${threadName}`;
+  const content = `${
+    capture[0] === capture[1] ? '' : capture[0][0]
+  }@${threadName}`;
   return {
     threadInfo,
     content,
diff --git a/lib/shared/mention-utils.js b/lib/shared/mention-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/mention-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/mention-utils.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   'g',
 );
 
-const chatMentionRegexString = `(?<!\\\\)(@\\[\\[(${idSchemaRegex}):(.{1,${chatNameMaxLength}}?)(?<!\\\\)\\]\\])`;
+const chatMentionRegexString = `(?:[^\\\\]|^)(@\\[\\[(${idSchemaRegex}):((.{0,${chatNameMaxLength}}?)(?!\\\\).|^)\\]\\])`;
 const chatMentionRegex: RegExp = new RegExp(`^${chatMentionRegexString}`);
 const globalChatMentionRegex: RegExp = new RegExp(chatMentionRegexString, 'g');
 
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@
 function renderChatMentionsWithAltText(text: string): string {
   return text.replace(
     globalChatMentionRegex,
-    (...match) => `@${decodeChatMentionText(match[3])}`,
+    (...match) =>
+      `${match[0] === match[1] ? '' : match[0][0]}@${decodeChatMentionText(
+        match[3],
+      )}`,
   );
 }