# Post ownership change modal shows misleading warning

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-ownership-change-modal-shows-misleading-warning/97346
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [September 17, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-ownership-change-modal-shows-misleading-warning/97346 "2018-09-17T12:21:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-ownership-change-modal-shows-misleading-warning/97346/1 "2018-09-17T12:21:41Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [When changing post owner, notifications still sent from/to original owner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-changing-post-owner-notifications-still-sent-from-to-original-owner/61266/11):

My understanding from the above topic was that notifications now work correctly when post ownership is changed. But the modal for changing post ownership still shows a warning that this is not the case:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/d/adea3736f0411f1f9531dac20052fed80cf337de.png)

Presumably, the warning should be removed.

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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-ownership-change-modal-shows-misleading-warning/97346/2 "2018-09-17T12:53:37Z")

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This is not a bug – the warning is correct.

> Note that any notifications about this post will not be transferred to the new user **retroactively**.

The key word is “retroactively”. Yes, all new notifications will be associated with the new user, but existing notifications will still show up with the previous username.

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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-ownership-change-modal-shows-misleading-warning/97346/3 "2018-09-17T17:58:49Z")

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Oh, okay. Then I’ll turn it into a UX issue. Although you are right that it says “retroactively” and the exact meaning of that is that old notifications will not be transferred, I did not interpret it like that. Why would one expect notifications that have already be sent out to be transferred to the new owner? Since only admins can change ownership, I see no risk for that someone would think so.

Anyway, how about changing the copy to something like

> Note that the old owner will stop receiving notifications immediately and the new owner will receive all future notifications about this post.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-ownership-change-modal-shows-misleading-warning/97346/4 "2018-09-18T21:14:20Z")

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I agree the copy here was mega, MEGA redundant and I have simplified it considerably:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/b/1b4364ea9559a882a60ccefb4b17985763c56dd1.png)

Thanks for the feedback @tophee.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-ownership-change-modal-shows-misleading-warning/97346/5 "2018-09-18T21:14:24Z")

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