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As a moderator on Anime & Manga, I mod messaged a user about a moderation issue.

Weird thing is, when the user replied, I got it in my normal inbox, rather than my mod inbox.

Attached is a screenshot (personal details obviously hidden and freehand circles added):

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Another moderator saw it in his mod inbox as normally.

Is this a bug? Or ?

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    That was probably just a logistical decision (do you even get notifications of things in the mod box?)
    – user102937
    Commented Feb 7, 2014 at 20:18
  • @RobertHarvey: I get notifications mainly for meta questions asked on my site, and I do remember getting mod message notifications there.
    – Madara's Ghost
    Commented Feb 7, 2014 at 20:19
  • OK. Maybe that's something they did on SO to remove noise, but I don't get notified of anything in that diamond in box. There are several mod messages there from four hours ago, and I didn't get notified of any of them. I do, however, get notified when someone replies to one of my mod messages.
    – user102937
    Commented Feb 7, 2014 at 20:20
  • Yeah, messaging on Stack Overflow has behaved this way for a good long while now, @Robert. We didn't extend this behavior to other sites until just before the new top-bar was rolled out (with the separate notifications queue going away, it made sense to make this behavior consistent everywhere).
    – Shog9
    Commented Feb 7, 2014 at 20:26

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Normally, moderator messages are considered informational - something that you (as a moderator on a given site) should be aware of and perhaps review when you have the time, but not something you need to read immediately and almost certainly not something you should reply to.

But if you send someone a message and they reply, that's specifically directed at you - and as such, it goes into your inbox, just as replies to posts you've written or comments you've left would. Even if you're currently using a different site, it's important that you're at least aware that someone you sent a Big Scary Message has responded; whether or not any further action is needed will depend on the nature of the reply.

Related: Why don't I see my own moderator messages in the moderator inbox?

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