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[MaggieMack]

In the last two days, I have been getting notifications of the same "heart" or "mentioned" in a post more than once. Is this happening to anyone else? Not really a big deal except for the times you didn't want to get "mentioned" the first time, lol!

[qualitygal]

I have. Sometimes, one is for a heart, and one is for a mention. Some just seem to be doubled.

Came back to ask if you've ever posted more than once on a board. ?? I have.

[MacDUFF]

@MaggieMack

Seems to have been corrected in the past few days...for a while, I thought I was on a roll posting the most interesting, funniest, heart-worthy posts ever LOL!

[NickNack]

Today I actually got five "mentioned" notifications for the same post.  This is the first time that has happened, but I often get two notifications.

[dooBdoo]

@MaggieMack, @NickNack, @MacDUFF, @qualitygal,

This odd "feature" of the forums has been cropping up since last October (maybe earlier).

This was @Keyai's explanation in one Q Talk thread ("Notifications") on 10/06/15:

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"If someone edits a post that you were @ mentioned then you will receive multiple notifications. If your @ mention is then quoted that will also trigger additional notifications. I logged in one morning to 25 notifications from one poster who had wanted my attention, however there was only one post.

I hope my explanation makes sense."

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It seems to me one edit creates one extra notification, and then any additional edits seem to generate notifications in increasing multiples.

[NickNack]

Thanks @dooBdoo.  That makes sense!

[MaggieMack]

@dooBdoo, I think your explanation is spot on! I wouldn't normally have noticed it, but it was one of those "you've been mentioned" notifications, and when it came in again, I rolled my eyes and thought, "Oh, great! Here we go again!" Fortunately, it wasn't new, just a reiteration from the edited original post. I just looked now and discovered that the post has been edited. You awesome little sleuth, you! 

[dooBdoo]

You're welcome, @NickNack!

Thanks, @MaggieMack!  One of my favorite parts of working in IT is the detective work.  I don't always find the answer, but the "sleuthing" can be intriguing.

[GingerPeach]

For quite a while multi-notifications were happening even WITHOUT a post being edited.  I can't tell whether this has truly been fixed -- perhaps it was done during the recent "fix" to the notifications feature.  

[GingerPeach]

Hi @dooBdoo

I just now got TWO notifications on the one heart you just gave me.  Looks like the notification "fix" isn't quite complete.