Notifications

Notifications

Stay informed about activity that matters to you.

Notification types

• Replies — someone replied to your thread or one you follow.
• Mentions — someone @mentioned you in a post.
• Friend requests — someone sent you a friend request.
• Awards — someone gave an award to your post.
• Messages — new direct messages.
• Moderation — actions taken on your content.

Managing notifications

Visit /notifications to see all of them. Unread notifications show a badge count in the navigation bar.

Notification preferences

Open /notifications/preferences to choose how you're notified for each type. You can opt in or out of email per notification type. Urgent items like moderation actions are emailed by default.

Push notifications

If your browser supports push notifications and you've granted permission, you'll get desktop alerts for new activity. On mobile, the same browser push delivers alerts — see Mobile Experience.

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