Notifications of replies

[Hegabo]

I just noticed that in the morning I got many notifications of replies to posts I didn't subscribe to or respond to.

[vgaetera]

Preferences > Notifications > Automatically track topics I enter > never

[psyborg]

Automatically track topics I enter > after 5 minutes

that way you get notification on topic that might be of interest to you, assuming you read them for 5 min or more and don't stay on non'interesting topics for 5 minutes

[Hegabo]

I'm aware of such option. But it doesn't appear to be what I'm seeing.

I'm not talking about the number of New or Unread messages I see in the first page. I'm talking about the notifications of replies I see when I click on my Profile Picture

Also I noticed that I magically have over 500 Unreadmessages, some of which are form months ago. That number was 0 last night.

After some investigation, it appears that I have Installing and Using OpenWrt category in Watched! I don't think I ever set this up, and I wasn't aware of such option to begin with!

[slh]

If you are using touchscreen devices for reading the forum, it's quite easy to accidentally hit those buttons (directly below your profile button in the category view).

[vgaetera]

Using browser extensions like vimium may also result in accidentally triggering the tracking feature.

[Hegabo]

I don't know, to be honest. It was Watching that's set, and for the whole of Installing and Using OpenWrt category, and I can't find anyway to achieve that other than doing it from Preferences > Categories. I don't remember doing that, unless I was sleep-browsing (which isn't very unlikely!)

[slh]

…very easy to hit by accident (even easier on touchscreen devices, while scrolling).

[Hegabo]

Ah I see. It shows a bit different on my Android (that's why I didn't earlier understand what you mean), but yes, I see that seems more likely to have happened than me sleep-browsing! That's a relief!