Did anybody else notice that points for mentioning other members didn't get credited for a time?

Once I learned that people got points for their member names being mentioned and I received a few points and the names I mentioned tended to respond, I began to embed the member names of people I thought would be interested and specifically included member names of somebody I responded or commented on. I learned I touched a nerve at RallyPoint when I used about 400 embedded names in one post. That generated a processing time issue for RallyPoint and a new policy of no more than 20 names could be used by one person in one discussion.
Last week I noticed that no points were being recorded for entering names. I also discovered that if you use the wrong name [for instance mine is [~member number:Rank First name Last Name] you receive an error that you had entered more than 20 names even if you had only entered one. I realized that was a general error message.
As of this afternoon, credit is given for entering names so I hope to return to by habit of entering names I think would be interested - until I am notified to cease and desist.
I posted a generic version of my name in this paragraph and received "Could not post your discussion. You can tag up to 20 of your contacts in a discussion"