# Yahoo notification, incorrect destination

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 8, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-notification-incorrect-destination/727323 "2015-08-08T16:27:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-notification-incorrect-destination/727323/1 "2015-08-08T16:27:51Z")

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One should never read the comments on news articles, if one wishes to maintain a healthy blood pressure. Nevertheless, sometimes comments are so egregious that I can’t help poking the poster with a stick. Most sites notify you when there’s a reply. Click on the notification link, go to the comment.

I’ve noticed that after a while, the notification link goes to a different article. You post a reply to a comment in an article called ‘Politician Caught With His Pants Down’, you click on the new-reply notification links when they come up, and everything’s fine until… You click on the new-reply notification link and up pops an article called ‘China Needs Women’ or something.

So what’s going on?