Manage your Follows and Notifications
You can keep track of replies to your posts, boards you’re interested in, or hot issues/discussions by using Follows and Notifications.
You can also manage what email notifications you receive and when, so that you only receive the updates you want when you want them.
- Following Discussions and Boards
- How do I manage my Follows and Notifications?
- Email Notifications
- Advanced Settings
- Not getting email notifications?
To get started, you can check your current and recent notifications by clicking the bell icon in the top right of the screen. A red dot means you have unread notifications.
From this page you can click or tap the notification to be brought to the relevant page.
Following Discussions and Boards
You can follow Discussions and Boards by clicking the Follow Icon in the top right of the discussion/board you’re currently viewing.
If you want to unfollow, you can click the Unfollow icon, which will be in the same spot. You can also unfollow from your Follows and Notifications page, which we’ll look at next.
How do I manage my Follows and Notifications?
If you want to manage the notifications you get, you can manage this from your settings page. Click your name in the top right, then My Settings from the drop-down menu, and from here pick Follows and Notifications. You can click here to go to your settings directly.
From here you can view your existing notifications and unfollow specific content if desired. You can filter these by clicking the drop-down menu to the left, which is set to All by default.
Email Notifications
Here you can set whether to receive email notifications for your selected forum activity.
If you scroll down to Email Notifications and choose what sort of updates will trigger emails, and whether these will come immediately, in a Daily or Weekly Digest, or Never.
You can use this tool to customize your emails, so that we’re only sending you updates when you want to get them.
Advanced Settings
Here you can set whether to get notifications for new discussions in a board, or for every reply within it.
You can also set whether or not you receive notifications for posts you’ve already viewed.
Not getting email notifications?
If you’re not receiving your notifications, be sure to double check any spam or filtered folders you have set up.