diff --git a/plugins/alert.py b/plugins/alert.py
index d93059a..082d9dc 100644
--- a/plugins/alert.py
+++ b/plugins/alert.py
@@ -1803,15 +1803,15 @@ async def _poll_once(bot, key: str, announce: bool = True) -> None:
                 short_id = _save_result(
                     channel, name, tag, item, short_url=short_url,
                 )
-                title = _truncate(item["title"]) if item["title"] else "(no title)"
+                title = item["title"] or "(no title)"
                 date = item.get("date", "")
-                line = f"[{name}/{tag}/{short_id}]"
+                meta = f"[{name}/{tag}/{short_id}]"
                 if date:
-                    line += f" ({date})"
-                line += f" {title}"
+                    meta += f" {date}"
                 if display_url:
-                    line += f" -- {display_url}"
-                await bot.send(channel, line)
+                    meta += f" - {display_url}"
+                await bot.action(channel, meta)
+                await bot.send(channel, title)
 
         for item in new_items:
             seen_list.append(item["id"])