What do the notification settings do?

PostSnag's notification settings, found in Settings, Notifications, are five toggles that control what kind of updates you get, from new posts on the profiles you're tracking to product news.

Where to find them

1. Open your account menu, your avatar in the top right of the dashboard, and click Settings.

2. Go to the Notifications card, the second section on the Settings page after Account.

3. Toggle any of the five on or off, based on what you'd like to hear about. Each one flips independently right from its switch; unlike the Account card next to it, there's no separate Save button to click here.

[Screenshot: The Notifications card in Settings showing the five toggles]

The five toggles, explained

• New posts from tracked profiles: updates about new activity on the profiles you're tracking.

• Group activity: updates about activity in the Facebook Groups you've captured.

• Bookmark milestones: updates tied to the posts and profiles you've bookmarked.

• Weekly digest: a periodic summary of your PostSnag activity.

• Product news: updates about new PostSnag features and changes.

Each toggle has its own one-line description directly under it in the dashboard, so you don't have to guess what it covers while you're there.

How to think about turning these on or off

These toggles are about what you're opted into, not about what PostSnag captures or how the extension works. Turning every one of them off doesn't change what you can capture, export, or see in your dashboard; it only affects what PostSnag might reach out to you about. If you'd rather use PostSnag quietly and check your dashboard on your own schedule, Weekly digest and Product news are the easiest to turn off first, since they're the least tied to your own day-to-day activity. If you're actively tracking a handful of profiles or Groups and want to know when something moves, leave New posts from tracked profiles and Group activity on.

There's no single "turn everything off" switch. Going through all five individually only takes a few seconds.

How this differs from the notification bell

The bell icon in the dashboard's top bar opens a separate notification panel inside the app itself: a running list of things that have happened in your account, with an unread dot and a "Mark all as read" option once there's something new, or "You're all caught up" when there isn't. Settings, Notifications is about your preferences for the kinds of updates PostSnag sends you; the bell is where individual notifications actually show up once they happen. The categories in the bell (new post, group activity, bookmark, digest, and product or system updates) line up closely with the five toggles in Settings, so the two are really describing the same set of events from two different angles: what you want, and what's actually happened. Think of Settings as the dial and the bell as the readout.

A sensible default if you're not sure

If you're setting PostSnag up for the first time and don't want to think about it much, a reasonable starting point is to leave New posts from tracked profiles and Group activity on while you're actively researching a specific set of profiles or Groups, and leave Weekly digest, Bookmark milestones, and Product news off until you decide you want the extra noise. None of this is permanent. Come back to Settings, Notifications anytime and flip any toggle the other way; nothing about the choice locks you in.

Common questions

How do I turn off PostSnag email notifications?
Open Settings, go to Notifications, and toggle off the types you don't want, such as Weekly digest or Product news.

Where do I find notification settings?
In your dashboard, under Settings, Notifications, the second card on the page.

Do notification settings affect what PostSnag captures?
No. Capturing happens through the extension as you scroll Facebook, completely separate from notification preferences.

What's the difference between Settings, Notifications and the bell icon?
Settings, Notifications controls what you're opted into. The bell icon in the top bar is where actual notifications appear once something happens in your account.

Do I need to click Save after toggling a notification?
No, unlike the Account card, the Notifications card doesn't have a separate Save changes button. Flip whichever toggles you want directly.