Notifications & Alerts
Stay informed about all ecosystem activity with a comprehensive notification system that delivers real-time alerts for connections, content, opportunities, and platform events.
2 min readWritten for: Anyone deciding what they want to be told about
What you will learn
- What events trigger notifications on the platform
- How notification preferences control delivery
- Which notifications reach you by push, email and SMS
- How to manage notification volume without missing important alerts
Notification System#
The ecosystem platform generates notifications for all significant events that involve you - from social interactions to business opportunities. Notifications are delivered in real time via the Notification Socket and persisted for later review.
Notification Categories#
- Social - likes, comments, shares, and mentions on your posts
- Connections - new connection requests, acceptances, and follows
- Messaging - new messages and group chat activity
- Jobs - application status changes, new matches, and alerts
- Events - registration confirmations, reminders, and updates
- Communities - new posts in your communities, moderation actions
- Mentorship - session bookings, confirmations, and reminders
- Investments - deal flow updates
- System - account security, policy updates, feature announcements
Delivery Channels#
- In-app notifications - real-time badge and dropdown panel
- Push notifications - browser and mobile push alerts
- Email notifications - configurable per category and frequency
- SMS notifications - critical security alerts only
- In-app alerts that appear without reloading the page
- Offline queuing with delivery on next session
Notification Management#
- Mark individual notifications as read
- Mark all notifications as read in bulk
- Filter by category for focused review
- Search notification history by keyword
- Delete old notifications to clean up
- Unread count badge on navigation
- Grouped notifications for batch events (e.g., '5 people liked your post')
Preference Controls#
Fine-grained controls let you decide exactly what notifications you receive and how they are delivered, preventing notification fatigue while ensuring you never miss important updates.
- Per-category toggle: enable or disable entire notification types
- Per-channel toggle: control in-app, email, and push independently
- Frequency settings: instant, hourly digest, daily digest
- Quiet hours: suppress non-critical notifications during set times
- Priority override: urgent notifications always delivered regardless of quiet hours
- Mute specific conversations or community threads
- Unsubscribe from follow-up notifications on specific posts
