# Weird behavior for group private messages
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [16 januari 2017 om 14:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841 "2017-01-16T14:23:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@kuba-orlik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuba-orlik)
#### Post date: [16 januari 2017 om 14:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/1 "2017-01-16T14:23:53Z")
When receiving a single message sent to a group, this is what I see in my notification drawer:
There’s a couple of things I don’t get about this:
- even though I received only one message, the counter says “16”;
- the notification does not display the title of the message thread it relates to, which is different from how a notification for a “regular” message would behave.
Why do notifications for group messages behave so differently? Is there a way to make them behave like notifications for regular messages?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [17 januari 2017 om 21:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/2 "2017-01-17T21:19:22Z")
This happens when you are tracking a group, if you want individual notifications for every reply watch the group instead.
Tracking a group is a softer level of notifications that helps you keep track of how many “non-archived” messages the group has.
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### Author:  [@kuba-orlik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuba-orlik)
#### Post date: [17 januari 2017 om 21:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/3 "2017-01-17T21:44:32Z")
This is really helpful, thanks!
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### Author:  [@kuba-orlik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuba-orlik)
#### Post date: [22 januari 2017 om 12:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/4 "2017-01-22T12:14:38Z")
Hm… I’ve set up all the groups to “watch”, but I still receive only the aggregate notification. Could you please explain in more detail what I need to do in order to receive notifications for each individual reply?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [23 januari 2017 om 15:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/5 "2017-01-23T15:22:54Z")
I suspect this is cause these are historic pms, can you confirm all brand new pms work as expected?
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### Author:  [@kuba-orlik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuba-orlik)
#### Post date: [24 januari 2017 om 19:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/6 "2017-01-24T19:35:04Z")
Yes, new messages do get a separate notification. Is there a way to turn off aggregate notifications for all old pm threads, as well?
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [19 augustus 2019 om 22:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/7 "2019-08-19T22:33:02Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [4 maart 2023 om 08:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/8 "2023-03-04T08:37:40Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [29 april 2023 om 21:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/15 "2023-04-29T21:38:31Z")
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [29 april 2023 om 21:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/16 "2023-04-29T21:40:12Z")