# Proposal: Notifications should not be timeless

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-notifications-should-not-be-timeless/17365>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014年七月9日 07:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-notifications-should-not-be-timeless/17365 "2014-07-09T07:05:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lid)\
**Post date:** [2014年七月9日 07:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-notifications-should-not-be-timeless/17365/1 "2014-07-09T07:05:23Z")

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##add time indicators to notifications.

currently notifications have no sense of how old or new a notification is.  
you know when a new unread notification exists but you don’t know how old it is.

I created a mock with some time variations to demonstrate the idea  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/6/46e4bc4b6782e3f647837cdbe16e5476e2f312f8.png)

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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [2014年七月9日 07:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-notifications-should-not-be-timeless/17365/2 "2014-07-09T07:09:24Z")

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Mixed feelings here, that space is super premium real estate.

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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:** [2014年七月9日 08:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-notifications-should-not-be-timeless/17365/3 "2014-07-09T08:04:30Z")

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I just can’t recall ever needing this level of detailed time information.

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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [2014年七月9日 21:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-notifications-should-not-be-timeless/17365/4 "2014-07-09T21:26:09Z")

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I’m here every day so any new ones I see have the “since the last visit” time.

They seem to be ordered by time - newer first followed by older - I can’t see this being much of a problem except maybe for “long away” members.

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**Author:** ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\
**Post date:** [2025年十二月4日 11:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proposal-notifications-should-not-be-timeless/17365/5 "2025-12-04T11:31:05Z")

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