# Notifications dropdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [October 30, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notifications-dropdown/992305 "2023-10-30T14:04:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notifications-dropdown/992305/1 "2023-10-30T14:04:52Z")
There’s something weird about the notifications dropdown that I’ve noticed for a while. This is the dropdown you get if you click on your avatar on the upper right of the page. Let’s say I have two notifications (from two different threads), so there’s a little two there. If I click on the dropdown, I have one chance to open those using that menu (I typically shift-click to open those threads in a different tab). If I close and re-open it, the new notifications disappear, and the top item in the dropdown is an edit from a Mod months ago. After that are other notifications from even further back. The new ones are all gone. Anyone else seeing this? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notifications-dropdown/992305/2 "2023-10-31T19:30:22Z")
I haven’t seen this behavior with my setup (Win 10, Brave browser, Discourse-classic theme.) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notifications-dropdown/992305/3 "2023-10-31T19:41:42Z")
I have the Discourse-classic theme, Chrome. When you replied, my avatar in the corner had a little blue 1 on it. I click on it and your post was on top. I opened this up in a new tab. Now, when I click my avatar in the corner, your post is gone, and the most recent thing is that Mod edit, plus stuff that happened before that. If I had just clicked on it twice, I would have to search to find your reply to me, I guess on some notifications tab somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notifications-dropdown/992305/4 "2023-10-31T19:43:08Z")
Aha! I found the problem. I had a bunch of notifications that it thought were unread and those stayed on the top, so yours dropped way down. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notifications-dropdown/992305/5 "2023-10-31T19:59:44Z")
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