# Weird behavior for group private messages

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Janvier 16, 2017, 2:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841 "2017-01-16T14:23:53Z")\
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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:** [Janvier 17, 2017, 9:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weird-behavior-for-group-private-messages/55841/2 "2017-01-17T21:19:22Z")

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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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