# Is anyone else having troubles with notifications?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212>\
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**Created:** [August 7, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212 "2021-08-07T21:02:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212/1 "2021-08-07T21:02:16Z")

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When a number shows up on my J in the corner, that means I have new notifications. And I used to be able to click and see the posts that got comments. But in the last three days, I just get a spinning disc, and the comments never resolve.

Is this a Discourse thing, or something in my computer?

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212/2 "2021-08-07T21:10:02Z")

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Evidently so:

> [@Difficulty getting “replied” posts \[trouble with notifications\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficulty-getting-replied-posts/948204):
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> Starting yesterday, I had difficulties receiving the list of “replies” to involved threads - posted as a number over ones icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Unsure if this has been an issue for anyone else or how to improve it. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212/3 "2021-08-07T21:27:40Z")

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To expand: I have a “2” on my J, and I could not get a list of replies - one of which ws of course this thread. 🙂

eta: sometimes it says “you don’t have any notifications yet”.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212/4 "2021-08-08T00:51:27Z")

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212/5 "2021-08-08T00:52:34Z")

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Since this involves the board’s software, I am going to close this and direct everyone interested in this topic to go to the thread in Site Feedback that GreysonCarlisle linked to above.