# Editing posts cause notification

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-posts-cause-notification/104873>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 22, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-posts-cause-notification/104873 "2018-12-22T00:34:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-posts-cause-notification/104873/3 "2018-12-22T12:57:01Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Edits don’t alert _anyone_ in Discourse… ever, that I can think of.

Edits notify the original author. I get notifications when @codinghorror fixes my posts with alarming frequency. (I don’t think it’s what this person is describing, but it is edits giving notifications)

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> You will be notified if _someone else_ edits your post by default, using the typical Discourse notifications

Edit: oops

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