This task represents the work involved with enabling people to elect to receive notifications when new comments are posted in topics they've participated in.
=== Objective and theory of change
**Objective**
This work is intended to increase the likelihood Junior and Senior Contributors know when someone is talking to them.
**Theory of change**
We think that:
- //If// people can decide to receive notifications when new comments are posted in topics they've participated in...
- //Then// they will be able to more easily and quickly identify comments requiring a response
- //...and// be more likely to respond to those comments in a timely manner.
=== Background
We've run multiple usability tests with Junior Contributors throughout the design and development of different #discussiontools features. As part of these tests, we've asked participants – when applicable – how they would expect to know when someone responds to something they have said on a talk page.
All of the participants who answered this question have stated that they expected to automatically receive some kind of notification. This work is a direct response to these findings. //More details in T273908.//
=== Requirements
//#TODO//
=== Ideas
This section includes ideas for scenarios that will guide the yet-to-be drafted `Requirements` above.
- //"Did someone respond to the question I asked? What did they say?//
-- **Event 1:** Automatically send the author of a comment a notification whenever another person adds a new comment in direct response to the comment the author posted.
-- **Event 2:** Automatically send the creator of a discussion topic a notification whenever another person adds a new comment in that topic's section.
=== Open questions
- [ ] What happens in cases where someone responds to the authors of two separate comments [in the same section] without tagging either of them? //See the example @Tacsipacsi described in T254263#6334962 //.