# Like notifications in private messages should be green not blue 😄
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-notifications-in-private-messages-should-be-green-not-blue-smile/39751
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [17 februari 2016 om 20:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-notifications-in-private-messages-should-be-green-not-blue-smile/39751 "2016-02-17T20:01:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [18 februari 2016 om 20:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-notifications-in-private-messages-should-be-green-not-blue-smile/39751/21 "2016-02-18T20:17:59Z")
> [@tobiaseigen](#):
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> Given the risk of noise and confusion, maybe the answer is to actually go down to one color (just blue) and in the notifications list prioritize messages that have not been read yet. They’d be put at the top and bolded or something.
I strongly disagree. I think that PMs serve different purposes, with different levels of “urgency” in different sites. While some sites might prioritize public topics over PMs, other might be heavily invested in PMs instead of public topics. Particularly for people who watch a large number of categories, I want to be able to see with one glance if I have a PM, without having to open and read the list of notifications. I think the small bit of UI noise is well worth it…
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [4 maart 2016 om 14:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-notifications-in-private-messages-should-be-green-not-blue-smile/39751/22 "2016-03-04T14:47:50Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> I strongly disagree.
Ah, well. I don’t have strong feelings about this and can get used to the existing functionality.
Will be interesting to see how the messaging functionality develops generally - it has alot of potential and I’m still learning how it fits in.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [22 maart 2016 om 03:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-notifications-in-private-messages-should-be-green-not-blue-smile/39751/23 "2016-03-22T03:33:29Z")
OK I just cleaned up PM notifications per:
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- If you are mentioned/quoted/replied to on a message you are **tracking** , you will get a green notification.
- If a pm gets a general reply and you are **tracking** it, you will no longer be notified.
- If you are liked in a pm, you get a “blue” notification, which is not going to change
Past behavior was to **always** notify even if you were simply tracking and blue notifications for quotes/replies etc.
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [22 maart 2016 om 03:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-notifications-in-private-messages-should-be-green-not-blue-smile/39751/24 "2016-03-22T03:40:45Z")
Just to clarify:
- If you are mentioned/quoted/replied to on a message you are **watching** , you will get a green notification.
- If a pm gets a general reply and you are **watching** it, you will get a green notification.
- If you are liked in a pm, you get a “blue” notification, even if you are **watching** it.
Is that all correct?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [22 maart 2016 om 03:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/like-notifications-in-private-messages-should-be-green-not-blue-smile/39751/25 "2016-03-22T03:42:21Z")
Yes that is all correct.
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