# Notifications Bonfire keeps you up to date with activity relevant to you—such as new followers, mentions, replies, boosts, and more. ## Types of Notifications - **Follows:** When someone follows one of your profiles. - **Requests:** When someone requests to follow a private profile. - **Mentions:** When someone mentions you in a post (such as in a reply to your post). - **Boosts:** When someone boosts (shares) your post. - **Likes:** When someone likes your post. - **Other:** Depending on enabled extensions, you may receive notifications for events, polls, group activity, etc. ## Viewing and Filtering Notifications - Access notifications from the bell icon or the **Notifications** link in the navigation bar. - Filter notifications by type (e.g. only mentions, only follows), by source (remote/local), or by time period. - Sort notifications chronologically or by type. ## Managing Notifications - Click on a notification to view more details or interact (e.g. follow back, reply). - Use the filter and sort options at the top to focus on what matters most. - Mark notifications as read or clear them as needed (with the button at the top right). ## Notification Preferences - Adjust which notifications you receive (and how) in your account settings. ## Tips - Use filters to avoid notification overload. - Review your notification settings to match your preferences. - Notifications are separate for each of your profiles—switch profiles to see activity relevant to each. --- - For more on managing your connections, see [Finding people & Following](./finding-following.md). - For privacy and moderation, see [Blocking & Moderation Tools](./moderation.md).