Question about notifications

[Alissa Nesson]

Hello! I’m having some trouble figuring out how notifications work here. I’ve posted hundreds of comments on threads and even posted some of my own questions, but the notifications I get baffle me. I’ve gotten notifications that someone has commented on the same thread I have, but I haven’t gotten notifications when someone has directly replied to one of my questions. I have gone back to these posts to check, which is the only reason I know there have been replies. I don’t know if anyone has replied to any of my comments on other threads because there’s no way to go back through them all. Is there a reason for this? Am I missing something fundamental about where to look for notifications? I only know one place and there’s usually an email to go with them as well. I don’t understand this. Thanks!

[Lizzie Mustard]

On the left hand side of the page at the top, click on the symbol of three bars. This gives you a menu, and the 4th one down is Notifications. Click on this for the User Control Panel. It opens in Overview. Then from the menu at the top, choose Board Preferences.

[Alissa Nesson]

Thank you so much for your reply. I checked that out and it looks like I can choose to get emailed the same notifications I’m getting notifications on the page for, but I can see no reason why I’m not getting notifications when someone replies directly on one of my posts. I didn’t get a notification about your reply, for example. I always get notifications when someone else posts a reply on something I replied to, but nothing about direct replies. Am I the only one this issue? I have to go back through the posts to find mind and check for replies.

[Diana Lowery]

Thank you so much for your reply. I checked that out and it looks like I can choose to get emailed the same notifications I’m getting notifications on the page for, but I can see no reason why I’m not getting notifications when someone replies directly on one of my posts. I didn’t get a notification about your reply, for example. I always get notifications when someone else posts a reply on something I replied to, but nothing about direct replies. Am I the only one this issue? I have to go back through the posts to find mind and check for replies.

Are you choosing "Notify me when a reply is posted" at the bottom of your post?

[Alissa Nesson]

No! I did not realize that couldn’t be automatic like all the other notifications! Kind of weird but really good to know. Thank you so much!