Notifications

@sishy7 Yes, the red number. Once I open them then I have to deal with them and have to stop poking about so I leave them for a while

Oh, by 100 you mean the number in red circle, right? If that's the case then I can see how it might be overwhelming. The most I've ever seen on mine would be around 40. Even that is very rare since I regularly check them...

Thanks for sharing a valuable information.

@sishy7 Is my minimum number of notifications lesser or greater than yours?

@HAPPSINGH What about you? How's your notifications?

@SIMPLYD Oh, thanks for sharing that bit of information of your notifications. I'm just trying to figure out where my number would be compared to others on here.

@sishy7 The sad part is I don't check that email for notifications . . . it's seriously too much (on top of other emails that may be there . . . I really do need to go there and do some seriously cleaning). I keep trying to get through the notifications but then new ones pop up at the top. It's never ending!

@much2say Sounds like your email inbox is scarier than your myLot notifications...

Yes, I'd say those numbers would be a LOT! Check your email notifications if you think you've missed the ones older than a week old.

@DaddyEvil Yeah, I'm fully aware of that actually... Also, I have this tendency of interacting on discussions where no one seems to notice - new users, no response, and other not-so-popular type of discussions. I guess I really know how to minimize my notifications, eh?

I have yet to find anyone getting less number of notification than me... I notice even new members are among those who receive a good number of notifications.

@sishy7 You do realize that it is because of the way you myLot, right? Quit using sishy mode and make comments, even banal ones, to all the discussions you simply read and like, hon! I am not joking or teasing right now. You'd find you have as many or more notifications to respond to as I have! (I do try to leave meaningful comments, but you need to start interacting more on myLot! You and PA both have that problem! The difference is that she complains because nobody talks to her but then I see her using sishy mode again after telling her to quit that! SMH!) *sigh!* Some days, I regret acting as a big brother to people on myLot! (You HAVE to know I love everyone I consider a friend here, right? Some of you make me despair of training you on social etiquette! )

Yes, and they even lump them together if many falls under one action in a particular discussion. For instance, if your latest discussion receives 10 new responses, there's only one notification for all of them. That's why I'm confused when people say they're extremely flooded by them, do they really get hundreds of new notifications at one particular time throughout the day?

@sishy7 Yes, sishy, if you see me saying I am flooded, it is because I have a list a mile long. If two or more people reply on the same discussion, yes, those are all received lumped together.... BUT, say I had been on several discussions so a person (A) replies to me on discussion A. Then someone (B) replies to me on discussion B. A third person (C) replies to me on discussion C. (Those are all separate notifications, right?) Now, say someone else (D) replies to me on discussion A. That one is a totally new notification, too. Person (B) replies to me again on discussion B. That is another separate notification. Then person (C) replies to something I said on discussion A. Another separate notification. You know I hit many discussions every day. I also have many more people talking to me on all those discussions, as well. I can easily have well over 100 notifications every day, and do.... Now does this make sense to you? I have been gone for the last four days, so my notifications trailed off.... I had 244 when I got here this afternoon. I am down to 158 right now. To me, the original number was seriously overwhelming. The amount I have now is still daunting, but I am working with them and getting them cleared as quickly as I can. SMH! *sigh!* I have to get up at 5:30 am to get ready for an early day at work... You KNOW I am looking forward to it. Ha! Ha! (Nah, not really laughing. That was sarcastic laughter! grinning at you!)

@sishy7 I don't really know what happens. I've set mine for no more than emails every hour. I don't go through my notification list. I just go through the emails I receive.

And what would that number be in average if I may ask?

@sishy7 That would be great. I love looking at flowers, so will be doing a lot of posting to see a red or pink flower in my pond.

@Fishmomma I was wondering what is it that you have in your avatar... It's something to do with flowers, isn't it?

I'd like to see you stay active on here... and perhaps you'll get to buy the 2 items you're planning on by April if not sooner...

@sishy7 It could be less than yours. How are you doing? Hope everything is fine.

Your number sounds like around the same as what I'm getting per day.

@dpk262006 I'm fine, thanks! Hope it's the same with you...

@sishy7 That is a good way to do it. I like to delete them as I do them. That way I don't get mixed up and reopen them.

@velvet53 I check them regularly and I don't get too many in the first place... So it's pretty easy for me to keep track which ones are new... The number in small red circle indicates how many new ones I get, and the time stamp next to each one helps too... Sometimes I even purposely reopen some to see how the discussion has progressed since last I was notified... I just like to read all responses and comments on discussions I'm interested in

Yes, first thing I do when I log in here is going through my notifications. Many I know delete them once they go through them, but I never do that. So whatever number it says next to my notifications is what I get last 7 days.

Do you go there when you first log in here or you don't utilize it at all?

@sishy7 Well, I've used it, but these days with not even having much time to be on line, I certainly don't have time for that.

@xstitcher Oh--I just realized your post isn't what I'm thinking about. ;( I haven't been to this part of "notifications" in ages.

Noted - but my concern is that I don't get enough notifications. I feel that the number of notifications I receive is low compared to other active members.

@sishy7 If so, you have to ramp up your discussions to make them more interesting.

@akalinus I agree! Great advice! Not only I need to do that, but I probably need to start a discussion more often as well. Thanks!

I check mine on site so regularly I have not had any emailed for such a long time now...

@MarymargII Or it simply means I'm on here way too much...

@sishy7 That's because you are a wise lady and way ahead of the game---LOL!

You're welcome.

@syeow1 You like to repeat things thrice, don't you?

@sishy7 welcome welcome welcome

Oh, that's great! Sounds like you're enjoying your first month on here...

@Brittnyrose I joined in January 2012...

@sishy7 yeah I've enjoy being here how long haven you been on the site?

@sishy7 No I go in and see and I have already liked it and/commented on it.

Oh... I'm not aware of such issue but I also don't delete notifications... Maybe it looks like the same one because it's for the same discussion but it's actually showing up again as new because it just receives new interaction from other members...

You can make a separate folder in your mail so that, instead of going to your inbox, they will go directly there. I have them set up like that and my inbox is not clogged up

@mysdianait thanks for the tips dear. will try it out.

@kwenge adding to mysD's suggestion, you can also set the frequency of your email notification and you will only receive them if you don't check them on the site within that period.

@LadyDuck Oh wow, that's a huge number...

@LadyDuck I do too... But mostly I visit them silently... I just read and don't respond or comment.

@sishy7 I visit many posts every day.

Wow, that's a good number you receive... Mine is only about half of yours and that's with checking all possible options...

@sishy7 I'm three days behind and it's still averaging about that per day.

It depends on how busy or slow the site is too...

@Morleyhunt That's a good number! I find that when I'm more active, it reflects on more notifications too. The longer I'm gone, the number of notifications will fall drastically toward the later period of my absence.

@sishy7 I've been out most of the day...gone about 7 hours and had 18 new notifications.

Yes, I knew that. But even when I checked everything, I don't get too many notifications or hardly enough to make me feel overwhelmed by them.

@sans224 Actually I'm curious what number of notifications others are getting on here... I have a feeling mine is on the low side compared to others...

@sishy7 its because you want more everytime you love interactions. ;-)