What you'll learn
- What alerts are.
- How unread badges help you notice activity.
- How alerts can return you to posts or comments.
Steps
- Look for the unread badge on the Alerts tab.
- Open Alerts to review recent activity.
- Tap an alert to open the related post or comment when routing is available.
- Return to Alerts to keep checking other activity.
- Refresh or revisit the tab if an unread count looks delayed.
Tips
- Use Alerts when you want to jump back into a conversation quickly.
- Check badges after commenting or reacting during testing.
- If an alert opens a post, confirm the correct post and thread appear.
Troubleshooting
If an alert does not route as expected, include the alert text, the destination you expected, and what opened instead when reporting it.
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