# Notify Feature can be easily abused **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-feature-can-be-easily-abused/219497 **Category:** Feature **Created:** [February 27, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-feature-can-be-easily-abused/219497 "2022-02-27T15:11:12Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 17
### Author: ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz) #### Post date: [February 28, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-feature-can-be-easily-abused/219497/17 "2022-02-28T00:32:35Z")
> [@Noah](#): > > As you all know there is now a feature to notify people about a certain topic/post. For topics, that has always existed at the bottom of the page. It’s not a new feature and has mostly gone unused since its inception (until now). All of this might by my fault though. I recently endorsed (and bumped) a topic requesting that the “Notify” feature be expanded to replies too. > [@Replies should be able to utilize "Notify"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-should-be-able-to-utilize-notify/206294): > > Continuing the discussion from [Notify group using share\>notify feature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-group-using-share-notify-feature/194674): “Notify” is such an underrated feature. Why does it only work with topics? I think it should work with replies too. I’ve participated in many Discourse communities over the past five years or so. In that span of time, I’ve only ever seen “Notify” be used a few times. It’s often neglected and most users don’t seem to know that it even exists. When it does actually happen to be used by a user, it usually results in a lot of … > [@Replies should be able to utilize "Notify"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replies-should-be-able-to-utilize-notify/206294/10): > > You can count me in. Even as a Discourse enthusiast, I had no clue that such a feature existed. From what I can tell, it’s severely underutilized. Oops? 😅 * * * Regardless, I agree that site admins should have more control over it. I’m just worried that it could seriously impact the ability to notify multiple users in one batch. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-feature-can-be-easily-abused/219497)._