The bell icon in the top navigation keeps you in the loop. It's your inbox for everything that happens on Fiction Factory.
What you get notified about
| Notification | When it happens |
|---|---|
| 💬 Comment | Someone commented on your post |
| 👍 Vote | Someone upvoted or downvoted your post |
| 👤 Follow | Someone started following you |
| 📖 New chapter | A book you follow published a new chapter |
| 🙋 Beta-read volunteer | Someone volunteered to beta read your book |
| 🚩 Report | Someone reported your post |
| 🛟 Problem report | The team replied to, or fixed, a problem you reported (see Report a Problem) |
| 🏆 Achievement | You unlocked a new badge |
| 📩 Order | Someone bought your post |
Reader Bounty doesn't send its own notification — claiming a slot just adds the XP straight to your total the moment you first open the chapter or post (see Achievements & XP).
Using the bell
- Unread count — a red badge on the bell shows how many notifications you haven't seen.
- Click the bell — a dropdown shows your most recent notifications. Unread ones are highlighted.
- Mark all read — clears the unread highlight on everything at once.
- All Notifications — opens your full notifications page.
The Notifications page
The All Notifications button (or Notifications in your dashboard sidebar) opens your full inbox:
- Every notification, newest first.
- New badges on unread items — click one to mark it read.
- Mark all as read and Clear all buttons at the top.
- Notifications with a link (like "someone commented on your post") take you straight to the post.
Notification etiquette
- Notifications are per settled event — if someone rapidly toggles a vote, you get one notification for the final result, not one per click.
- Downvotes are notified too, so you can see how your content is received.
Tip
Click a notification's View → link to jump right to the post. Reading and replying quickly is how great conversations (and more upvotes) start.