# What is a Notification exactly?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 26, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-notification-exactly/102760 "2018-11-26T10:27:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-notification-exactly/102760/1 "2018-11-26T10:27:42Z")

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Hi,

When I Mute a user, suppressing all notifications from this user, what does this stops happening exactly?

My guess it that:

1. when following a thread, I won’t get a notification that a muted user has posted in that thread, but will i see that post?
2. If that user likes my post I won’t get notification either.
3. in my Notification list, I won’t see any notification from that user
4. anything else?

Will I still see posts from this Muted user?  
Will this user be able to send me Private Messages? In our Community this would be very handy as opposed to a blanket ban on all Private Messages ( I understand that this would not work for others. I believe that it is good to have the option thought.)

Thanks

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