# I am getting confused with the notifications

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-getting-confused-with-the-notifications/22324>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [27 February 2020 11:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-getting-confused-with-the-notifications/22324 "2020-02-27T11:51:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 11:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-getting-confused-with-the-notifications/22324/1 "2020-02-27T11:51:37Z")

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I really must be missing something.

When I am looking at posts I no longer understand what is being shown to me.

EG;  
Picture 1 - though I have looked at the thread, I didn't post in it.  
So why is there a _notification_ on it?

 ![Screenshot from 2020-02-27 22-48-08](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/c/2ccae33622494dd8b7ccbd5e3757aa1348d7af83.png)

Number 2 - ok, I get that.

 ![Screenshot from 2020-02-27 22-48-12](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/1/3/13e77cf7b8bbc826c531964852dbd3450844763f.png)

Number 3 - again: Why the notification?

 ![Screenshot from 2020-02-27 22-48-17](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/d/8/d8463d2e01d9518c88df0c03f35cb3d48f18f271.png)

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**Author:** ![afelix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/afelix/32/9743_2.png) [@afelix](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/afelix)\
**Post date:** [27 February 2020 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-getting-confused-with-the-notifications/22324/2 "2020-02-27T12:06:34Z")

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Number one: if you spend a bit of time in a thread reading it, Discourse sets the status for the thread to tracking (default status is only notifications for mentions).

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/2/4/2472e284989b10cbccb4d961b31e7f511beb93fa.jpeg)  
Once you post, it will have you get specific notifications for mentions/direct responses to you.  
Number two is exactly that. And three the same as one again. You can see (and/or change) the status for every topic at the bottom of a thread. The message next to the status also mentions why it is like that.

You can change the settings in your preferences:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/3/2/32c571442ad0d43256b4608eb3eba88e5ab140ec.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![kuema](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/kuema/32/6542_2.png) [@kuema](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kuema)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 07:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-getting-confused-with-the-notifications/22324/3 "2020-02-28T07:16:17Z")

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I ended up disabling the "automatic tracking" feature because it got annoying. And the "updated topics" list keeps growing and growing. 😅

My reading workflow is usually: browse the 'latest' list, open the threads I'm interested in in a new tab and read them later when I have the time.

If I really wanted to be notified I set it manually or use the bookmark feature. Really useful. 😀

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2020 09:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-getting-confused-with-the-notifications/22324/4 "2020-02-28T09:13:09Z")

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There is definitely something off with the automatic tracking because I've seen some random markers over the last few months. Hard to pin down though and I really don't have the time to do an analysis of it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2020 09:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/i-am-getting-confused-with-the-notifications/22324/5 "2020-04-28T09:13:10Z")

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