# Impersonate shouldn't clear notifications

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-shouldnt-clear-notifications/14808>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** impersonate\
**Created:** [16. April 2014 um 18:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-shouldnt-clear-notifications/14808 "2014-04-16T18:44:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![haiku](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/haiku/32/103858_2.png) [@haiku](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haiku)\
**Post date:** [16. April 2014 um 18:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impersonate-shouldnt-clear-notifications/14808/2 "2014-04-16T18:59:01Z")

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I agree, I’m not sure of the purpose of the impersonate feature. In phpBB it was for testing out permissions, so the act was non-destructive. Here it just seems.. shady.

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