Subscriptions and Notifications

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This Support Article Covers the Following Topics:  

• Subscribing to a Topic or Board 
• Bookmarks 
• A Note on Following Friends on Mobile 
• Subscribing to a Label 
• Managing Your Subscriptions 
• Setting up Daily or Weekly Email Digests

Subscriptions ensure you receive automated messages about the most recent posts and replies. There are multiple ways in which you can subscribe to content and boards in the community.  

Subscribing to a Topic or Board  

You can also subscribe to a single topic or a whole board by selecting Subscribe from the Options drop down menu, while you are viewing the topic or in the general board overview respectively.  

Bookmarks  

Just like you can subscribe to topics and boards, you can also bookmark topics and boards from the same menus. Simply go to the Topic Options drop down menu to bookmark a topic or the Options drop down to bookmark a board.  

The difference between subscribing and bookmarking is that subscriptions provide you with notifications while bookmarks provide a static way of easily accessing your favorite boards from the My Subscriptions area.  

A Note on Following Friends on Mobile  

Adding someone as a friend or selecting Follow in the mobile view does not allow you to subscribe to their activity feed. You will merely be able to see your friends’ biography, other personal information, or online status, and send messages more quickly by choosing who to send the message to from a list, as opposed to having to search by username.  

Subscribing to a Label  

1. You can find the labels at the bottom left of a post.  
2. From a particular post with a label, click on the label to filter by that label.   
3. This will bring up a list of posts with the label that you have selected. Click Subscribe.    

Note: You can only subscribe to a label at the board level. If you subscribe to a label named 'Business' at board #1, it will not automatically subscribe you to an identically named label at board #2. You will have to subscribe twice, once at each board.  

Managing Your Subscriptions  

To manage your subscriptions, click on your avatar and select My Subscriptions from the drop-down menu.  

From the Subscriptions & Notifications tab, you can manage your subscriptions, including your e-mail subscription options, your bookmarks, your notification settings, and your Email notification format.   

You can see a list of all your subscriptions and bookmarks and choose which ones to delete, either individually or in bulk, by checking multiple boxes.  

Setting up Daily or Weekly Email Digests

If you prefer to receive daily or weekly email digests, rather than immediate email notifications, you can do so by following these steps:

1. On the upper right-hand side of the page, click on the drop-down by your profile picture and select "My subscriptions"
2. Click the "Notification Settings" tab
3. Scroll down to the "Email notifications" section: 
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4. For each type of event you can be notified for, there is a drop-down with options, including "In a Daily digest" and "In a Weekly digest": 
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5. Once you have made the adjustments you would like, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Save".