Is it possible for me to find out what triggered this notification? [unknown other notification] Just like the reply notification [1] it doesn’t appear in my unread notifications at /u/moin/notifications?filter=unread. [image] which has its own topic here ↩︎

I know I’m going to look ridiculous cause clearly I’m lost on the question but… it seems the link that small-lovely-cat referenced is what triggered it? The top notification. I’m sure you’re asking something else here, maybe I need a coffee first

notifications have been spotty the last few days :thinking: yesterday, a flag got responded to and the DM got deleted before i could read it, so a green bubble was stuck on my avatar for about 6 hours before it went away. i was going to reproduce it on my site but never got around to it :sob: (admi…

[image] darkpixlz: notifications have been spotty the last few days :thinking: But the question is [image] Moin: Is it possible for me to find out what triggered this notification? So, my initial reaction is: click it and see? But guessing that’s not what we’re after here. I’m trying…

[image] chapoi: I’m trying to test if maybe the your-link-got-shared notifications never shows up in the notifications tab…? maybe i misunderstood the original scope of the topic then (i also happen to be low on energy) so i’ll just take my issues elsewhere if i can reproduce them myself …

[image] chapoi: it seems the link that small-lovely-cat referenced is what triggered it? Why do you think so? Is it because of the slight blue caused by the mouse over? Unread notifications are darker blue and the link icon is blue in that case. [Screenshot_20260506_112625_Firefox] This i…

the “other notifications” blocks icon notifications stick around sometimes i find. i am almost certain it is related to the badges.

[image] Moin: Where do I click? Yes, I was confused about the hover effect.

Can I identify what caused this specific notification

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chapoi May 6, 2026, 8:41am 4

But the question is

So, my initial reaction is: click it and see? But guessing that’s not what we’re after here.

I’m trying to test if maybe the your-link-got-shared notifications never shows up in the notifications tab…?

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Can I identify what caused this specific notification

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