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How to view your Mumsnet notifications

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JanineMumsnet · 09/11/2020 10:24

As of today, some of you may notice that your ‘My Mumsnet’ icon at the top right of the screen will start to show a red numbered notification icon. We are rolling out a new notifications feed, the purpose of which is to let you know when there are updates to things that you are following.

To see your notifications, just click on the 'My Mumsnet' icon and select 'Notifications' from the drop down menu.

At the moment there are two types of notifications displayed within your feed:

Mentions on a thread. When a user types @YourUsername within a thread, you’ll receive a notification for each mention you receive.

Updates to a thread you are watching. These will be aggregated by thread, so if there are 10 new posts on a thread you have been watching you will receive one notification for that thread. If you have email notifications switched on for mentions and ‘threads I’m watching’, you will still receive these via email too.

When you have clicked on a notification in your feed that notification will be marked as read.

If you have a lot of notifications and you want to dismiss them all, just click ‘mark all as read’.

Please be aware, you may not see this feature straight away as we are releasing this feature incrementally, but soon enough this should be available to all users.

Over time we’ll make improvements to the notifications feed, so we welcome any and all comments. Please leave your feedback and questions below.

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Smallsteps88 · 14/11/2020 21:06

another one hating it. glad to hear youve taken comments on board and will allow them to be turned off.

FlissMumsnet · 14/11/2020 20:57

MrsBrunch - the least we can do is try to get your numbers up for boasting purposes!

We're sorry this feature isn't working well and is not popular for everyone. We'll make sure this gets another look asap - sorry for any faff.

MrsBrunch · 14/11/2020 16:09

Haha, yay, I am up to 14 @SilkieRabbits

Dailyhandtowelwash · 14/11/2020 16:07

I’m glad you’ll be letting us turn it off as it’s a bit annoying. But for the future of the function, it really needs to be better. I have a random collection of threads and don’t really understand why some of them have popped up, no bookmarks if I do click, and surely just clicking on the red dot should make it go away, rather than needing to either click on ‘Mark all as read’ or actually clicking on them all?

SilkieRabbits · 14/11/2020 16:05

Glad you are feeling the love @MrsBrunch
Hope you had a nice brunch @MrsBrunch
Hopefully you will soon be able to beat noble's 20 @MrsBrunch

MrsBrunch · 14/11/2020 16:02

It's stopped at 11 though, are you trying to break it Grin

MrsBrunch · 14/11/2020 16:02

Oh thank you @SilkieRabbits I am feeling the love Flowers

SilkieRabbits · 14/11/2020 16:00

@MrsBrunch
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SlopesOff · 14/11/2020 15:59

Took it off watching and just got another one FFS.

SilkieRabbits · 14/11/2020 15:59

@MrsBrunch
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EmpressJKRowlingSpartacus · 14/11/2020 15:58

I’ve just taken a couple of threads off Watching.

SlopesOff · 14/11/2020 15:41

Another one. Taking it off watching now.

I am not watching or posting, is that the intention? Get rid of the people that don't pay for Premium? If so it is going to work because I don't have money for that.

MrsBrunch · 14/11/2020 15:40

I wonder if you can @ yourself @MrsBrunch

GCAcademic · 14/11/2020 15:34

Please make it stop. The only thing I want to see is whether I have any PMs.

SlopesOff · 14/11/2020 15:29

I just received a notification because I am watching this thread to see if the damn things will be stopped, so that I can open the watched threads and find out.

It is so ridiculous and so pointless. Can't the Premium members have all this crap and leave the rest of us alone? Isn't that what they paid for?

sparklesandmoresparkles · 14/11/2020 14:23

I’ve tried to get used to it, but I have to join the hate it brigade. And like vanillaandhoney said, what’s the point if when you click on the notification, it ignores the bookmark function?! So frustrating. I can’t wait to be able to turn it off!

MrsBrunch · 14/11/2020 13:57

9! Thank you @Stopthebloodynotifications Grin

Stopthebloodynotifications · 14/11/2020 13:52

Are you sure you want this to happen @MrsBrunch?

MrsBrunch · 14/11/2020 13:49

I heart you @PuppyMonkey, I have 8 now

Grin
PuppyMonkey · 14/11/2020 13:42

Go on then @MrsBrunch Grin

trappedsincesundaymorn · 14/11/2020 12:56

The number stops at 20...from there on in you just get 20+.

MrsBrunch · 14/11/2020 12:45

If I @ you PuppyMonkey will you @ me back. I'm still only on 7 and I feel so ashamed.

noblegiraffe · 14/11/2020 12:27

When it was first rolled out it said '20+' on mine (stealth boast), so I think they just stop counting.

PuppyMonkey · 14/11/2020 12:25

We can look out for all the stealth boasts from people moaning at MNHQ about having 980 notifications and OMG, it's soooo annoying. Wink Grin

MrsBrunch · 14/11/2020 12:16

Mine's on 7. I wonder if it can go into triple digits?

I might not be popular enough for that Grin