I have noticed that when I leave comments on a question and someone votes it up, I do not get a notification. If the upvote count would at least be more than 5, I would expect to be notified since that leads to a badge.
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Comments are not first class citizens:
- you can't downvote them.
- only moderators can edit them and there is no edit trail left.
- you won't get any reputation for the comments.
- you won't get any notification if a comment is changed.
The reason for this is this is a Question and Answer site. Comments are a way to comment or ask for clarification.
answered Dec 2, 2012 at 19:12
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17I would however like a nice way to see if any of my comments get upvoted, even if that means just showing a number on my comments in the activity tab. Commented Dec 2, 2012 at 21:29
Stack Overflow does not provide this feature, probably because most would consider that notification to be overkill. I agree with that decision. Comments get upvoted a lot.
answered Dec 2, 2012 at 19:09
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1Or, if not a notification, at least there should be a section or link on my profile/account page to such information. Commented Feb 8, 2020 at 2:00
Comment notifications would be noisy for most users as noted in other answers, but if your goal is to track those badges, you could use a SEDE query. SEDE data is refreshed weekly, so this won't be completely up to date, but for long-haul badges like Pundit, it's still helpful.
Besides, when you get that badge, aren't you a little curious about which comments were popular? Instead of digging through notifications one upvote at a time, just ask the data.
answered Aug 16, 2016 at 14:39
api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/users/751527/comments?sort=votes&min=5