And /^Alice has a post mentioning Bob$/ do alice = User.find_by_email 'alice@alice.alice' bob = User.find_by_email 'bob@bob.bob' aspect = alice.aspects.first alice.post(:status_message, :text => "@{Bob Jones; #{bob.person.diaspora_handle}}", :to => alice.aspects.first) end When /^I fill in a mention for bob into the publisher$/ do bob = User.find_by_email 'bob@bob.bob' And 'I fill in "status_message_fake_text" with "Hi, @{Bob Jones; #{bob.person.diaspora_handle}} long time no see' end