I thought that’s how notifications usually work - select them to acknowledge them
I did click on ‘Dismiss’ and it said I have one important notification, so I clicked off it to make this post but it is acting like I clicked ‘Yes’… 
idk it’s weird lol
Also, the down chevron, hinting at expanding the frame downwards, is actually a link to another page lol I thought it would expand to a scrolling list or something similar - I feel like I need to relearn what each site’s iconography is, I’m sure interfaces used to be more consistent lol