diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index 8c0e0e185..940d3b155 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
         photos.update_all(:pending => false, :public => public_flag)
       end
 
+      if request.env['HTTP_REFERER'].include?("people")
+        flash[:notice] = t('.success', :names => @status_message.mentions.includes(:person => :profile).map{ |mention| mention.person.name }.join(', '))
+      end
+
       respond_to do |format|
         format.js { render :create, :status => 201}
         format.html { redirect_to :back}
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/new.haml b/app/views/status_messages/new.haml
index 4ecc87e22..b914d480f 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/new.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/new.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       var person = {name: '#{@person.name}', handle: '#{@person.diaspora_handle}' };
       Publisher.autocompletion.onSelect($("#status_message_fake_text"),person,'#{@person.name}');
       $("#publisher #status_message_fake_text").val(function(index, value){ return value + " " });
-      $("#publisher #status_message_submit.button").click(function(){$.facebox.close();});
+      $("#publisher").bind('ajax:success', function(){location.reload();});
     });
 
 #new_status_message_pane
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index cc1e7c216..0d7ef4c32 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ en:
   status_messages:
     new:
       mentioning: "Mentioning: %{person}"
+    create:
+      success: "Successfully mentioned: %{names}"
     show:
       destroy: "Delete"
       permalink: "permalink"