I always wondered if users get notified about comments were their name was edited in afterwards.
Example:
I write a comment
See this link here
then I edit it to
@someuser: See this link here
Does the user get notified now?
2 Answers
After experimentation within this question the current behaviour* has been found to be as follows:
If at any point @yourname was in a comment you will get a notification in your inbox.
But you will only get a red(1) notification if @yourname is currently in the comment (either originally or by edit), i.e. if @yourname is edited out and you haven't seen the red(1) notification yet it is removed.
* See the old behaviour
answered Sep 18, 2013 at 14:31
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@hjpotter92 Less than it used to be, the old behaviour was that if the @ was edited in it didn't turn up in your inbox at all. Only in the responses tab of your profile Sep 18, 2013 at 14:43
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@RichardTingle I remember Nick saying long time ago something like "if you edit it into the comment after it was posted maybe it will trigger notification and maybe it won't" - can't find it now though. Sep 18, 2013 at 17:44
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@ShaWizDowArd in our testing we were getting real time response to both editing in and editing out notification, perhaps they've improved it? Sep 18, 2013 at 18:34
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@RichardTingle yep very likely the case, I also don't remember the notification vanish when the comment is deleted/edited to remove the
@so probably this change also resulted in a more stable code. Sep 18, 2013 at 21:25 -
1@ShadowWizard, the bit you couldn't find is in the FAQ under the section "Can I change who gets notified after the comment is posted?"– WildcardAug 10, 2016 at 7:46
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Yes. As @michaelb958 and other tested in this same question. I got all those three notifications after their edit.
answered Sep 18, 2013 at 10:46
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1(was away when you were testing), but if I open my inbox your comment is there as it read at the time - just silently.