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GrowDiaries V2.3: Notifications and Messages

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Added 15 September 2025

Short video about the update:

Notifications Just Got an Upgrade!

We’ve got some fantastic news for our GrowDiaries community. Our latest update is live, and we’re excited to share what’s new in the notifications area!

The old notification system was a bit crowded and lacked detail. Now, we’ve completely revamped the notifications section and divided it into three parts for a better overall experience. No more clicking and scrolling, get everything you need to know right there.

The ‘For You’ Section

First up is the 'For You' tab, where you’ll find all the updates related to your own content, such as comments, likes, and diaries. All notifications are clickable and will take you to the page which triggered the notification. Additionally, for all tabs, we’ve included a feature that automatically marks notifications as ‘read’ when you scroll down. Also we’ve added a small cross on the right hand side that deletes notifications with just one click and keep your inbox clean

More importantly, we've introduced a new exciting feature: tagging a user with the “@” symbol now triggers a notification, ensuring you never miss a moment of your conversations with fellow growers on our platform.

The ‘Following’ Section

In the 'Following' tab, you can catch up on all the activities from the growers, diaries, brands, and products you follow. From sharing new journals and managing comments to uploading images, this dedicated area keeps you informed about their latest updates while you are away.

The ‘Messages’ Section

In the third tab, you’ll find the ‘Messages’ section. We’ve moved the chat feature here, where you can easily communicate with other growers and brands. You can also create group chats to collaborate, discuss diaries with friends, share tips, and stay connected in a more organized space.

For your convenience we’ve added a ‘Mark All as Read’ button to help you mark all notifications with one click.

Notifications Settings

To the right of the three tabs, you’ll find a cog icon that takes you to the notification settings page, where you can opt in or opt out of notifications and select which ones you want to appear in your inbox, such as follow requests, comments, questions, as well as other community-related items like reports and giveaways.

And last but not least we’ve added an additional menu to the profile icon where you can get access to your profile settings, create a new diary or upload a video

This is another step toward making Grow Diaries bigger and better than ever!

Please leave your thoughts and observations in the comments section! And as always, thank you for being part of our community!




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Core_T_Son
Core_T_Soncommented4h ago
Biggest mistake ever. Give me the old „Notification-Style“ back…
HippyHemulen
HippyHemulencommented3h ago
@Core_T_Son, Yeah imo its worse now too overhelming, old was simple and gave you all information what you need and we have follow tab different place already which give you info if someone is updatet diary. Nobody want to see what you following is commented.
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented3h ago
@HippyHemulen, there are notifications settings in the profile where you can basically choose what notifications you would like to have.
KanOrganics
KanOrganicscommented3h ago
Seems like a horizontal change; i.e.; nothing gained, and adds habitual friction on the user-facing end. Additionally, 'Mark As Read' does absolutely nothing, so it's more trouble than just the mental friction. We're still waiting for the bugs to be fixed from the updates a couple months ago, such as zoomed in images not being draggable on Firefox, only Chrome and others. And now we have another bug (and possibly more) added onto the queue. Will GrowDiaries ever be major bug-free? Will developers ever stop, breathe, and listen to their users?
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented3h ago
@KanOrganics, Thanks for sharing your thought on this. We'll have developers look into this.
HippyHemulen
HippyHemulencommented3h ago
@GrowDiaries Can you make this new diary mode better picture resolution when you click open them? Old diary mode have better resolution and its still better than new imo. New diary mode should just be mobile app. :)
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented3h ago
@HippyHemulen, we will look into this. Thanks for letting us know!