Not getting notifications? Be sure that they're turned on.

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Go here:

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/USERNAME/settings/

And ensure that your notifications are turned on at the bottom of the page. They've been working for a long time, but they may have been disabled for some users a while back. Get enough questions about it that I figured I'd make it for a sticky for a bit.

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#2  Edited By Niceanims

Thanks!

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#3  Edited By laserguy

I never look at the setting's. I got rid of Lincoln in space and replaced it with a Ride to Hell background. And turned on the notifications. Wow what a difference paying attention will do for me.

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#4  Edited By rorie
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Why were they turned off in the first place though? I've been a member since the site launched and I never changed my settings. I thought they'd be on by default so I didn't check..

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@legend: We had a bug with people getting email notifications without having had turned them on, which is about the worst thing we could possibly do, and part of that fix accidentally turned off site notifications for a bunch of people.

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#7  Edited By thelastgunslinger

@rorie: I was wondering what was going on. Thanks.


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heh. The title of this sounds like, "Having problems getting your computer to start up? Be sure to press the power button."

Though, yeah, this seems like genuine advice that should hopefully help a lot of people. :)

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This really helped me. I would have thought that I'd have already checked that. Thanks!

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Checked it a few weeks ago and it made the forums a go-to destination again.

Seems once new Gamespot went live things here got a lot more stable.

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Rorie's checkin' in to make sure everyone's turned on.

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Shit, no wonder! Thanks for this, Rorie :)

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Yeah notifications started working once I'd figured that out, but I still dont get PM notifications for replies like the olden days. Is that feature now turned off or am I experiencing some bug? I have all options on in the settings .

Thanks!

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#14 chaser324  Moderator

@armaan8014: There are no longer PM reply notifications, but you should get a standard notification for all replies and mentions (as long as you have that settings option enabled).

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@armaan8014: There are no longer PM reply notifications, but you should get a standard notification for all replies and mentions (as long as you have that settings option enabled).

Alright, Thank you :)

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@rorie: Mr. Rorie, I've got notifications disabled for "friends updates", but every time a friend creates a new list, I get a notification. Any idea as to why?

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@toowalrus: That specific one might be a bug, can you email me at support@giantbomb.com and take a screenshot of the next time you get that notification so I can file a bug for it?

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I always just assumed my account was broken or something. Thanks Rorie.