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I do not get notified when the system adds a canned "possible duplicated" comment
This happened to me twice. Someone flags my question as duplicated and only when I visit the question I notice the comment. Before I had no proof, but today I have *evil laughter*.
This is the ...
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Comment (or answer) notifications in the global inbox should include the author's username
I would like to see who left a comment in my global inbox like this:
And also for answers:
(Except, of course, I would like the actual commentor's name, not "The Person Who Left The Comment".)
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How do notifications on deleted posts work?
Given the following scenarios, what would happen?
User Alice posts an answer.
User Bob comments on the answer.
User Charlie♦ comments on the answer and deletes it.
User Alice checks her inbox a few ...
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Moderator deletion comments on questions are fairly useless
Right now this is what happens when your post gets closed and deleted:
If the deleter also left a comment,
If the deleter is a moderator, or
If the deleter is a 10k user who used a canned message,
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Can the author of a comment be added to the global inbox? [duplicate]
When another user @-mentions you in a comment this comment gets added to your inbox. The same happens when someone writes a comment to on of your posts.
Recently I knew that a certain user replied to ...
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Didn't get notification for comment on my answer
"1 hour ago", someone commented on an answer I gave on meta.tex.se:
However, I didn't get a notification for that comment, the latest notification in my inbox is from "6 hours ago":
The latest ...
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Is it OK to use temporary comments to notify users interested in a post?
In reply to my answer to this question, three different users noted issues with part of my solution and an excellent alternative. I edited the answer to reflect that information, and wanted to comment ...
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Eeeeek! Where's my comment notification?
I revisited one of my answers, and was surprised to see a comment left, many hours before.
The thing is, I never got an inbox notification!
The comment does show up in my responses list...
Just not ...
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Jump directly to comment from global inbox link
Similar to the way that the global inbox jumps directly to the answer, it would be helpful to be able to jump directly to the comment as indicated in the global inbox.
The issue is that sometimes a ...
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How do I make notifications still flow when discussion is moved from comments to chat?
After the comments moved to chat, the discussion looks more "at home".
But global inbox notifications stop coming. So continuing the discussion a day later feels like posting to /dev/null.
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When there are multiple comments on my post, have the notification lead to the oldest
Currently if multiple comments on one of your own posts, you get a single notification, not multiple. What happens is that all comment notifications for the same post are grouped together, only the ...
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Deleted comments on followed posts persist in the global inbox
I think the title says most of it, but when you follow a post you get notifications in your inbox about comments made on those posts. These notifications persist even after the comment is deleted even ...
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Option to flag/tag/bookmark a certain question/answer so that any edits/answers/comments show up in my Global Inbox [duplicate]
Note: This is not a duplicate of Is there any way to favorite/bookmark an answer?, since I am asking specifically about receiving notifications, nor is it a duplicate of Adding Favorites to the Stack ...
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Automatically mark notification read when I view the comment
I'm viewing a question, and someone posts a comment that notifies me.
I click on the "Show N more comments" message to show all the new comments, so I see the comment mentioned in the ...
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Comments missing in the Stack Exchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™
Just noticed this behaviour for the top 2 items in the inbox:
The comments are there, but missing the preview (first 90 characters). They exist in my network profile inbox and are not deleted..
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Comment, directed to me, not shown in inbox or responses
I think I've detected a bug.
A user directed a comment to me yesterday, and the direction
(@TomZych) appears to be correct. However, it's not listed in my
inbox, nor in the list of responses on my ...
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Deleted comments are persisting in the global inbox
I realise that there is other questions out there about the below (First open one I found is Deleted comments persist in the global inbox), but this is marked status-completed.
I often get the below ...
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Reading the full comment addressed to me on a question that got deleted quickly afterwards
I commented on a question (https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4986265) over on Math.SE. When I returned a minute or two later, the question had been deleted, and I could see in my inbox that ...
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Should I get a notification on any new answer/comment under my question?
I cannot see any kind of notification either in my global inbox nor responses tab on this comment How to add new element to Varargs? under my own question.
1) Should I get notification on that ...
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Moderator Election, Inbox Notifications, Display Numbers, And You
While I was replying to some comments in the 2013 Moderator election, I noticed something weird in my inbox:
So, when you look at the post which is linked there, you see only 4-5 comments:
I think ...
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Comment inbox notifications show post, but not comment [closed]
When someone leaves a comment on an answer I've posted, clicking the inbox notification loads and highlights the correct answer but does not ensure that the comment which generated the notification is ...
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Crash adding comment
The SE iOS app crashes when adding comments to certain posts.
It was discovered to be if the "Add an Answer" button was visible, not just responding to a deleted comment.
Edited to match answer. ...
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`italic` comments in the global inbox
I just received a comment on an answer that started out with italicized text.
Writing to a section in an INI file
It will only replace anything up to the last valid key/value pair. Anything else ...
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Who commented on my post?
We can see here that I have comments / answers / edits and edit suggestions. It is nice that it shows that, but it does not show the person who commented / answered etc.
It would be nice to know who ...
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Notifications inbox was pinged a second time when a comment on a followed post was edited
A screenshot from my global inbox:
A post I follow had a comment added onto it which rightly pinged my notifications inbox. I then clicked through to the notification, bringing me to the comment. ...
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Incorrect number of comments shown on StackExchange drop down
Hi I've just seen the following situation. The drop down on the stackExchange on the upper left of my browser screen shows 4 comments on a question that only has two.
Is this a bug?
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Why do Chat notifications show who the message is from, while comment notifications do not?
When someone leaves a comment to any of my posts, or employs @Alex, I get an inbox notification showing me the comment.
When someone responds to me in Chat I also get an inbox notification showing me ...
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Notifications not being marked as read [duplicate]
I see this has been asked historically a few times over the years, but this is a new behavior for me since about the past couple of weeks or months or so.
I get comment notifications, and when I click ...
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Is there a way to notify all people who commented on a post at once?
I posted this question on Stack Overflow:
What could make dynamic_cast start throwing std:bad_cast even if invoked on pointers?
I discussed with four people in the comments about different approaches ...
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No notification for comment, when some characters like '-' are appended to @username by a commentator.
The comment in question.
For easy reference, the comment was @Dukeling- I ... on someone else' post.
The comment wasn't edited.
This comment does not appear in my inbox or under my responses.
I ...
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Can I get more information on an inbox notification for a comment on a deleted answer?
I have an inbox item but it looks like the person who answered the question and made response comment deleted his answer. Is there a way to see his/her id? I can see only part of the text in my inbox. ...
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Send full comments in email notifications
Because comments can be deleted but emails are permanent (until the receiver decides to delete them), can we have the full comment included in the email notifications, not just the first line.
I ...
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Will @reply in deleted answer appear in user's inbox?
I've read the FAQ on the matter, and searched for dupes, but haven't found an answer to this question:
If I @reply to a comment on my answer, and subsequently (immediately) delete my answer, will ...
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Two ways we could significantly improve comments and user to user interactions
Two interactions with comments over the last couple days have led me to believe that the overall user experience on SE concerning comments and just general user interaction could be improved.
The ...
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Can we search the inbox or comments tab? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I search my comments using some keyword(s)?
I am trying to find some of the great answers and questions that I have seen in SO. Each time I have to go through each of my ...
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Inbox showed comment that is not present [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why is there a comment in my inbox that doesn't exist?
I received an Inbox notification with the comment:
This is not a helpful response. You have no idea
But when I ...
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Wrong comment notification (affirmation instead of question) [duplicate]
Somebody commented:
That's not elegant?
But the notification says:
That's not elegant.
And the real comment:
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No notification of a comment on an answer to my question
I didn't receive any notifications on the comments to this answer to a question of mine. Aren't the question owners supposed to be notified of these as well?
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Is there a way to view comments on author-withdrawn questions?
I down-voted a question based on the poster having asked the same question about 45 minutes prior. Following this, someone commented something about my downvote, but when I tried to view it, I could ...
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Will edited comments to one post notify the poster multiple times? [duplicate]
I checked the What events trigger an inbox notification? and searched for "edit" but didn't find this specific problem about "edited comments".
Since "Another user comments on ...
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Multiple answers to the same question doesn't clear in inbox count [duplicate]
I just verified that it doesn't work.
I tried to answer a question on SO. The OP put 2 comments under my answer, which showed "2" in the "Recent inbox messages".
When I click the ...
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Inbox notifications should clear when I view/reply to a comment/answer
I think it only makes sense that if you get a notification for say, a comment on your answer. When reading it (by clicking the "show all comments" link, or by replying to it), it should clear the ...
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Display bug between dash ( - ) and underscore ( _ )?
This question seemed to ask about a NOOP (renaming a table column named car_no into car_no).
When OP commented under my answer, my inbox showed the comment text like this:
Please note the dashed [...
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Does a comment with @user notify user's StackExchange Inbox?
Often times I will post an answer to a question only to have the OP comment on my answer saying "this is nice, but I really need it to do X, Y and Z as well." I'll then update the answer to ...
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Getting notifications from other Stack Exchange websites
Why is it that whenever I get a badge or some comment from Stack Overflow or the DSP Stack Exchange, I get notified by the red balloon, but when I get a similar response on some other branch like ...
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Comment replies do not generate red dot on Stack Exchange button (but do show up in inbox) [closed]
I've noticed in the past few hours that comment replies are not causing the notification red dot & number to show up. However, on my account page, the red square counter on the Responses tab does ...
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Inbox doesn't reflect comment edit [duplicate]
This might be a dupe but I couldn't find it, so I am posting it, taking a dreadful risk.
Alright, someone posts a comment on my post. It goes to my inbox. He then edits his comment, the inbox message ...
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Truncated comment in inbox and can't see the rest of it? [duplicate]
The following text appears in my inbox:
10 comments on Should we avoid using <select>?
@rybo111: I absolutely see your point - but also Spudley's. As you can see your question as a.....
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Comment notification shows up under responses, but not top bar inbox
Looking under my responses tab, I see:
Looking under my inbox on the top bar, I see:
(I believe only I, and perhaps mods, can see either of these screens - sorry about that)
Note the two I circled ...
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I am not getting notifications on comment answers [duplicate]
Since yesterday I am not getting anymore notifications when someone replies to a comment. Before I was getting the red circle beside "inbox" tag.
Anyone knows if it's due to some reason or it's ...
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