# Possible to disable "engagement reward" notifications on this forum?

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/possible-to-disable-engagement-reward-notifications-on-this-forum/5752>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 6, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/possible-to-disable-engagement-reward-notifications-on-this-forum/5752 "2026-09-06T22:59:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![WofWca](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/wofwca/32/1702_2.png) [@WofWca](https://forum.delta.chat/u/WofWca)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/possible-to-disable-engagement-reward-notifications-on-this-forum/5752/22 "2026-10-04T15:16:03Z")

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> [@bleb](#):
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> could you share a bit about why you support the way it is?

The reason is pretty much the same reason Instagram doesn’t remove the “like” feature and Delta Chat doesn’t remove the “react” feature. About badges: basically like “achievements” in games, plus the “share” badge lets you basically “track”, notify you of how popular certain links / topics are. Feels nice, gives some feedback. I don’t think I have anything special to say about this.

> [@bleb](#):
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> I took that to mean it literally bothered you and you would have appreciated not receiving it.

Well I guess that particular message wasn’t of great value, because I see it on every Discourse forum I join. It wasn’t a big deal. Takes 5 seconds to dismiss.

> [@bleb](#):
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> I also received a second automated message from the “system” user (“Congratulations on your trust level promotion!”) so perhaps our experiences have been different.

Actually I received that too, and also one about “You’re the new user of the month” I forgot about that.

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**Author:** ![bleb](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@bleb](https://forum.delta.chat/u/bleb)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/possible-to-disable-engagement-reward-notifications-on-this-forum/5752/23 "2026-10-05T00:39:15Z")

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> [@WofWca](#):
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> The reason is pretty much the same reason Instagram doesn’t remove the “like” feature and Delta Chat doesn’t remove the “react” feature.

I’m not following, sorry. The “engagement reward” notifications I was talking about are not likes and reactions, but the messages from the “system” user and the notifications about earning badges. Could you elaborate on what you mean here?

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> About badges: basically like “achievements” in games, plus the “share” badge lets you basically “track”, notify you of how popular certain links / topics are. Feels nice, gives some feedback. I don’t think I have anything special to say about this.

Earning a badge like “nice share” tells you that a certain link with ?u=wofwca was clicked by 25 different users, right? So the usefulness is about having a window into the metrics that Discourse collects, which I’m guessing are not otherwise accessible? This is actually interesting because it wouldn’t have occurred to me to use badges in this way. But once you earn a badge, you don’t keep getting notified when other links meet the conditions for the badge, do you?

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