This is a community pre-release note. After gathering feedback and testing on our end, we're ready to update our default community notifications. We'll be making the change next week, Tuesday evening Pacific time.
What will change?
- If you are following a group or collection, you will be notified of initial posts in collections but not replies; you will have to participate in a thread or watch it in order to get notified of replies
- New collection activity will be sent in a daily digest rather than immediately.
- Users will not longer get notified of edits to posts by default
This screenshot shows the new settings:
Why is it changing?
We've gotten a lot of feedback both in the thread I linked and through other channels that watching a collection or joining a group can be overwhelming. We're attempting to cut down on the noise and boost the signal for our new users.
What do I need to do?
Take a look at your settings. Are you happy with them? This update should not override your current preferences if you've changed from the defaults, but just in case, please screenshot or note down your settings. Once we release the changes, I'll post again so you can double check that your settings are still aligned with your preferences.
Hopefully this will result in a better experience for our new users!
