# Display "current" like count in notification drop down
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569 "2016-01-27T13:01:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569/1 "2016-01-27T13:01:05Z")
Currently we only notify on the first like and display:
❤ zogstrip “My brilliant topic”
This is great and all but gets very tiring, especially if you are operating in @zogstrip’s timezone, he is always first to like and you have to keep visiting the topic if you want to get more internal validation.
Instead … what if we updated this as likes come in (without mucking with order or anything)
###Option 1
❤ 7 “My brilliant topic”
###Option 2
❤ zogstrip, codinghorror and 2 others “My brilliant topic”
###Option 3
Keep single name but always update it to “last” liker
❤ (7) bob “My brilliant topic”
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Any other ideas? 💡
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569/2 "2016-01-27T13:12:15Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> Option 2
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> ❤ zogstrip, codinghorror and 2 others “My brilliant topic”
Option 2 is the Facebook Way™ and will feel similar to people. Also I think is the most straight forward way to explain what’s going on.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569/3 "2016-01-27T14:06:37Z")
I like option 2 as well.
And when another person likes your post, will the notification will be bumped to the top and augment the blue notification number? If so, that can get noisy as well.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569/4 "2016-01-27T14:07:17Z")
Option 2 seems to be perfect to me. I’d sort the list such that the most important users are mentioned explicitly, where “most important” probably means “most ❤ received”?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569/5 "2016-01-27T20:21:47Z")
I like option 2 as well. I agree we should not get a new blue notification, but bumping it in the list would be nice so you can see likes from much older notifications if you are paying attention. @sam, you should make a poll!
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569/6 "2016-01-27T20:22:34Z")
Poll driven development is the worse, will let @codinghorror make the call
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-current-like-count-in-notification-drop-down/38569/7 "2016-01-27T20:23:21Z")
Nah names don’t seem necessary, option 1 is fine, let’s keep it simple with just the number for now.