Questions tagged [notifications]
Questions about the various user interface and email elements used to notify users of events on the site.
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Stop pushing product ads in notifications [duplicate]
Never again push product ads in notifications if you want me to keep using the site logged-in, that is: contributing, voting, posting, etc.
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Please don't use global inbox for feature announcements
The global inbox is for things that require my personal attention. Recently, I received a Stack Exchange global inbox notification:
When I noticed this counter, I was busy with other things. These ...
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Clicking on an inbox notification no longer seems to clear the notification [duplicate]
Recently, none of my inbox notifications have been automatically marking themselves as read when I click on them. A reload doesn't do it either. I have to manually click on the little envelope icon.
I'...
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Don't send me notifications (and emails) for company update posts
Recently I got an unwanted notification and subsequent email for the company update: Chat room owners can now establish room guidelines.
Note: this is a "message" notification for the ...
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After checking "room guidelines" notification, I have a negative one (-1) notifications badge in my inbox [duplicate]
My inbox shows negative one (-1) notifications.
Not sure how I got there, somewhere around clicking on the notification for the Chat room owners can now establish room guidelines post. Refreshing didn'...
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Notification about comments under question [duplicate]
As I know, there should be a notification for every comment under a question (answer by Jeff Atwood)
But for the question Inbox indicator shows negative counter, the comment from @Bergi is not in my ...
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If you don't have a chat room, the "Set your room's culture" notification takes you to a 404 page
It's there in the title: if you don't have a chat room, the "Set your rooom's culture" notification takes you to a 404 page. Well, that makes sense, because I assume it's trying to take me ...
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Marking "Set your rooms' culture" notification as read gives you a negative number of notifications
Recently I was sent a notification about the ability to set room guidelines. However, while this shows in the inbox, it seems to be counted wrong. If the notification is unread, then the red number is ...
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Notify me when my Meta posts are voted on [duplicate]
Currently, when a post of yours on a per-site meta is voted on, you have no way of knowing unless you check the post. Meta posts are important. They can decide how sites operate. There is a very ...
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Could we consider ways to filter the inbox?
Inspired by a now deleted post by a spammer, and another meta post, and requests to filter in/out sites....
There's a broad spectrum of usage amongst users. I for one prefer to see everything I'm sent....
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Kick notification for kicker missing
When an RO or mod kicks a user from chat, the notification doesn't display correctly. If you are on PC you simply get a notification that states:
click here to remove the notification bar
As shown ...
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Got a notification that I earned the "vote up privilege" while I have 60k+ rep
I got a notification that I earned the "vote up privilege". I think it's a bug since I'm have 60k+ rep on that site.
More examples.
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Can I opt out of receiving election nomination reminders in my inbox?
I was startled to received this message in my inbox today:
We need more candidates for the [x] community moderator election.
Why am being notified of this issue? There have been countless elections, ...
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How can I be sure to get notifications about events on my posts?
In short I answered a question and I would to know if someone replies to it or put an upvote/downvote, etc
I made an account so I should get notifications automatically right? Or I need to set on ...
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The unread inbox message count and the new reputation changes on the Inbox and Achievement icons are not displayed on the Area 51
The unread inbox message count and the new reputation changes on the Inbox and Achievement icons are not displayed on the Area 51 page, even though they are shown on Area 51 Discussion. These icons ...
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