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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!

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.

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.

Alissa Nesson wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 14:35 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?

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!