Tuesday Jira Vibes - How many Jira email notifications did you get today? (And how to stop the madne

[Daria Kulikova_GitProtect_io]

Hello, New-to-Jira community! 👋

Imagine you join a new team. They use Jira, but it’s completely new to you. There's no time for training, and you just dive right in. 🌊

You log in, get assigned to a few tasks, comment on a few work items, and after a tiring day, go home. The next morning you encounter an absolute avalanche of email notifications. It feels like Jira is yelling at you for every single mouse click! 🤯

And you understand that you can miss other important emails from the team, for example. 

Before you create a rule to route all Atlassian emails directly to your trash (Pro tip: never do this; you might miss critical updates), let’s look at one option that can save you time.

By default, if you comment on a Jira ticket, Jira automatically adds you as a "Watcher." That means you get an email for every subsequent update anyone else makes.

If a thread gets too noisy and you're no longer involved:

➡️ Look at the top right of the ticket.

➡️ Click the Eye icon (Stop watching) to instantly opt out.

I remember when I first started using Jira, this simple trick would have saved me time... and nerves. :)

What has been your biggest surprise (or frustration) since starting with Jira? Drop your thoughts or funny notification stories below in comments! :)

Happy Tuesday Jira Vibes!

[Rune Rasmussen]

Jira is indeed quite incredibly chatty.
As org, app, and space admin I get a notification whenever anyone farts near Jira.
And I work for a quite gassy company.
I have also been the cause of a great many notifications on a couple of occasions, when bulk updating work items using automation, and send a couple hundred/thousands of email notifications because I forgot to remove a checkmark.

I don't know if it's my biggest frustration. There's heavy competition for that title, but my most consistent frustration has been Atlassians willful refusal to cohesively communicate new features or changes to existing ones.

[zoltanersek _outpostlabs_dev_]

I laughed out loud when reading you comment :D jira could certainly provide more sensible defaults in terms of what goes to email and what doesn't.