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Coming April 13th: New Onsite Notifications

Apr 11, 2022 | Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Comments (22)

 

Onsite notifications alert you when new activity happens in the Groups and Blogs & Podcasts that you follow. See your notifications in the upper right corner. 

Improvements to your onsite notifications are coming on Wednesday, April 13. Here are a few of the new things you’ll notice.

  • The number of notifications are displayed in the upper right corner on any device.
  • Notifications are organized by discussion and group, so you can easily see the topic and group in which the comment was made.
  • Comments to the same discussion accumulate in one notification from the last time you checked your notifications. This will reduce the number of notifications.

New Reactions

Reactions are an extension of the Like button. Now you can quickly and easily show people that you like their post, find it helpful, or send a hug. 

Important

You will see the new notifications and reactions starting Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Note that any unanswered notifications up to April 13 will be removed. To catch up on activity from April 10 and earlier, please refer to your email Digest.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 18, 2022
In reply to @rivermaya34 "I like them ok, but I feel they aren't very useful now. The new notification system..." + (show)
@rivermaya34

I like them ok, but I feel they aren't very useful now. The new notification system has really deterred me from using this as much, which saddens me because it's a tool that's had an enormous impact on my life. Hope this gets reverted back but, if not, that's ok too.

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Hi @rivermaya34, I understand missing that feature that you could read the message in its entirety within the notifications window. That was convenient and I'm getting used to the benefits of the new system too.

Benefits include:
- As new comments are added to the same discussion, they are added to the same notification. You can read where you last left off.
- This allows you to see the comments in the stream of the conversation. You can see who has replied, who has not received a reply, etc.
- This creates a group conversation, like we're sitting around the kitchen table.
- Rather than replying to or reading only one post at a time, members can see the context of the conversation with the other comments.

Our motivations for the improvement is to create community and to benefit from knowledge and experience of many.

Later this month, we will be adding a sort feature, so that you can sort by notification type. For example, you will be able to sort by @mentions to focus on all notifications specifically adressing you. Or you can select all your messages that have received a reaction and see where your posts have made an impact on others by being liked or marked as helpful. Or perhaps members are sending you support in the form of a virtual hug when times are rough.

Thanks for your feedback, Mayo. Do you primarily use onsite notifications? Or do you also use the Daily Digest?

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rivermaya34 | @rivermaya34 | Apr 18, 2022
In reply to @colleenyoung "Hi @rivermaya34, I understand missing that feature that you could read the message in its entirety..." + (show)
@colleenyoung

Hi @rivermaya34, I understand missing that feature that you could read the message in its entirety within the notifications window. That was convenient and I'm getting used to the benefits of the new system too.

Benefits include:
- As new comments are added to the same discussion, they are added to the same notification. You can read where you last left off.
- This allows you to see the comments in the stream of the conversation. You can see who has replied, who has not received a reply, etc.
- This creates a group conversation, like we're sitting around the kitchen table.
- Rather than replying to or reading only one post at a time, members can see the context of the conversation with the other comments.

Our motivations for the improvement is to create community and to benefit from knowledge and experience of many.

Later this month, we will be adding a sort feature, so that you can sort by notification type. For example, you will be able to sort by @mentions to focus on all notifications specifically adressing you. Or you can select all your messages that have received a reaction and see where your posts have made an impact on others by being liked or marked as helpful. Or perhaps members are sending you support in the form of a virtual hug when times are rough.

Thanks for your feedback, Mayo. Do you primarily use onsite notifications? Or do you also use the Daily Digest?

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@colleenyoung I think the 'sort' feature and some of the others you mentioned that are coming, sound really promising. Don't worry, I'm not giving up yet! I generally just click on the notifications bell up top (or under my name) and read through them there. Rarely, I'll use the daily digest because it's too broad. I like my focus to be narrowed.

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