What does the šŸ‘‰ notification mean?

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The discussion revolves around the meaning of a specific notification icon in Discourse, represented by a person pointing to the right. bartv is confused about the icon’s meaning, as it doesn’t provide a rollover hint. Falco explains that the icon indicates an invitation to a public post.

bartv suggests using the same icon in both the invitation and notification areas, but Falco points out that the ā€œshare and inviteā€ button has been merged in the latest Discourse update, and the icon is already used for the Group inbox.

The conversation then shifts to a discussion about the icon’s clarity, with awesomerobot proposing alternative icons, such as ā€œcomment medicalā€ or a plain plus sign, to make the notification more intuitive. codinghorror notes that the missing rollover hint is the primary issue that needs fixing. Finally, nbianca provides links to GitHub pull requests related to the addition of the title attribute, which is supposed to provide a hint about the icon’s meaning.

I can’t figure out what this notification means:

There’s no mention of me on this topic, I’m not tracking it or anything. There’s also no rollover ā€˜hint’ about its meaning. I’m just confused. And obsessed - mostly obsessed :slight_smile: Any clues?

It means invited.

However, didn’t we use to have a title attr there so user could find the meaning on hover?

Ahh that makes sense. This is used so rarely I had totally forgotten you can ā€˜invite’ people to a public post. Would it make sense to use the same icon in both places?

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That button is gone in latest Discourse (share and invite are merged) and that icon is already used for Group inbox.

Ah! Was this a super recent change? I updated last week.

This week change that is still ongoing.

Brilliant. Thanks for your quick explanation Rafael! :+1:

This question has come up at least once before… I wonder if there’s a new icon we could use that might be a bit clearer? We already use ā€œuser plusā€ for assign, but maybe ā€œcomment medicalā€ because someone’s adding you to a conversation? or even a plain old plus sign? I don’t think we use that for any notifications…

There is supposed to be, so if not, that is the bit that needs fixing @awesomerobot

The title attribute was added in:

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/7725

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/7840