Talking together
Inbox and notifications
Read updates, return to direct messages and answer Keep requests from Chat.
Inbox brings your updates, one-to-one conversations and Keep requests into Chat. Use the Inbox icon at the top of the chat window. It replaces the room view in the same panel; Back to chat returns to your conversations.
The Inbox indicator combines unread notifications, unread direct-message lines and pending Keep requests. Opening one section does not mean that every other section has been read.
The three sections
| Section | What it contains |
|---|---|
| Notifications | Updates such as mentions, shared nodes and friend requests. |
| Messages | Direct-message conversations with other people. |
| Keep requests | Requests to preserve a chat line as a node, including requests you sent. |
On a keyboard, the section tabs support left and right arrows. Home selects the first; End selects the last.
Notifications
Notifications are listed newest first. Several related acts can be combined into one row naming the latest person and the number of other people involved. The number belongs to that notification, not to a new conversation message.
The updates include:
- A join request and its decision.
- A friend request or an accepted request.
- A mention, or someone sending you a node.
- A Keep request and its outcome.
- A share held for review, or pictures left private when a share completes.
- A bug report's status changing.
- A Freemarket sale, a creator decision or a reversed sale.
- A copyright notice or restoration.
Older entries can describe other activity. Their presence in your history does not mean each new build, edit or visit generates an update.
Open a row to mark it read. A node sent to you opens that node. A chat mention opens its conversation and attempts to focus the mentioned line. If the line has faded or is outside the available history, the conversation may open without that exact line.
Use Mark notifications read to clear the unread notification count. This control applies to Notifications. It does not answer Keep requests or read every direct-message conversation for you. More retrieves additional notifications when the list has them.
Pinning a shared node does not notify its owner. A pin is separate from sending someone a node.
Messages
Messages lists your direct conversations, with unread ones placed first. Select a person to read or answer in the same Inbox view. Back to messages returns to the list.
Use Compose message to start or reopen a conversation. Enter a username under To, then choose Start conversation. The same contact rules apply as elsewhere: friends-only recipients cannot be contacted by a non-friend merely by using Inbox. See Messages and group chats.
Private group chats remain in your chat-room tabs. Messages is the direct-message list.
Could not load your messages. offers Try again. Loading messages… is a waiting state, not evidence that your list is empty.
Keep requests
Choose Keep requests to see requests made to you and those you sent. The author can approve or decline; the requester can withdraw. The section shows the line and deadline so you can decide in context. See Keeping a chat line before approving.
Updates and device notifications
Inbox refreshes as updates arrive and when you return to the app. An interruption can delay a count, so reopen the view after reconnecting if it appears out of date.
Settings → General → Notifications contains Notify this device. Its availability is shown on the control itself. Notifications are not set up on this server yet. means this device cannot enable alerts there. A browser-permission message or connection error needs the specific remedy it names. The in-app Inbox is still where you read the details; see Settings.