# When changing post owner, notifications still sent from/to original owner

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-changing-post-owner-notifications-still-sent-from-to-original-owner/61266>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [19 Abril , 2017 16:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-changing-post-owner-notifications-still-sent-from-to-original-owner/61266 "2017-04-19T16:43:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Post date:** [30 Junho , 2017 08:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-changing-post-owner-notifications-still-sent-from-to-original-owner/61266/4 "2017-06-30T08:11:05Z")

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> [@tobias\_eigen](#):
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> I think it’s become more important to to fix it. We have a use case on our site

I agree with Tobias. The change ownership feature is great but when the new owner doesn’t really own the topic (as in: won’t be notified about replies or quotes) it is much less powerful than it could be.

I would like to use this for member recruitment: post a topic about a publication a potential member has somewhere else on the web, invite them to join and when they join, give them ownership of “their” topic. Unfortunately, it’s not possible with this bug.

> [@sam](#):
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> The bottom line is “stuff gets a bit weird when you change ownership”. The message bus is not forcing a full refresh everywhere when this happens.

I have no idea how difficult this is to fix technically, but its effects are certainly more than the minor wonkiness of likes discussed when this was first reported back in 2014.

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