Notifications for mentions on threads when they are for PMs

[SunshineCake]

Why the heck, why?

I turned off emails to let me know someone had mentioned me as I was getting a lot. Just seen 14 messages in my in box and thought I'd been spammed.

MNHQ believe me, there are better things to be sending your time on than this!!

I agree
Really annoying.
Is there a way to turn them off?

I hope we can turn them off. Totally unnecessary.

I had loads of the things when I logged on today. What's the point? I'm already watching any threads I might be interested in returning to.

Yes!
I thought that I had either been spammed or become popular!!

Can't see the point of it & want to be able to turn it off!

I love it.

Hi - thanks for the reports. We've answered a few questions about this here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/4074206-How-to-view-your-Mumsnet-notifications

It's AWFUL, HQ.

How do we turn it off?

Ha, I thought I'd suddenly become amazingly popular

But yes, it's annoying

Hi @PearPickingPorky you are able to turn off email notifications by going to your talk preferences www.mumsnet.com/Talk?call=Preferences here. At the moment you cannot turn off the feed notifications.

OMG I hadn’t noticed this but I had over 21 notifications 🙈. Some just for threads that I’ve posted on. How is this useful?

@soniamumsnet

Hi *@PearPickingPorky* you are able to turn off email notifications by going to your talk preferences www.mumsnet.com/Talk?call=Preferences here. At the moment you cannot turn off the feed notifications.

Oh well, if you can't turn them off, I will just completely ignore them.

I thought I had 8 PMs and was being stalked
oh whoopee I've now got 9!

I too thought I'd been spammed.

I may get used to it, I use it in other fora, but it does feel odd...

Make them stop!!!

I don't see what use they are. I don't care if 12 people have posted on a thread I'm watching.

Posted on the other thread and posting here too, to say I don't like it and want the opportunity to disable it. It's annoying!

Ha yes I logged in this afternoon and saw an orange '17' over my profile.... first reaction was omg why are so many people mailing?? Hope I've managed to turn that off now.

Oh god not just me then. I want them off now.. how...

Ok we aren't able to switch them off.

Any chance this can be configurable? Every time I look I see more notifications and I can't know if it's mail (worth looking at) or new posts on a thread (not worth looking at).

@LadyCatStark

OMG I hadn’t noticed this but I had over 21 notifications 🙈. Some just for threads that I’ve posted on. How is this useful?

Not useful to you at all, but it will increase traffic and clicks (and possibly you staying longer on MN) and offer a financial advantage to MN. You are being used. Sorry