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# Follow the discussion

You can stay on top of things by **following the discussion**.

Following a discussion means you will receive notification email whenever someone **replies to your comments** in a discussion or whenever **a new comment** is added in the video.

By default, you will not be notified of new comments, so you must manually do this if you wish. 

Following a discussion is done by either of the following:

* Adding a comment in the Comments Space (once you add a comment in the shared comments area of a specific video, you will be notified of new comments created on this video). 
* Following a video via the Annoto menu

You can follow the video discussion without adding a new comment by clicking the Bell icon in the Annoto menu:

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Click on the bell icon in order to follow the discussion.

When the bell is **green**, it means you are **following** the discussion (meaning: you will get notification emails for new comments and replies on the video).&#x20;

When the bell is **clear**, it means you are **NOT following** the discussion (meaning: you will not get any notification emails for new comments and/ or replies on the video).&#x20;

![](https://826981706-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LzO1EHWyRAQYpltTzxh%2F-MgK7xEc4gV9UK_9hyEJ%2F-MgK8ur_jxoPsAUAimNi%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=f1b484e7-e990-4bb7-9f0c-15fac54013ce)

### Notifications' preferences

You can enable/disable which email notification you will get from Annoto in "my Space". Accessing it is from the Annoto menu: &#x20;

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Choose which email notifications you would like to receive:&#x20;

* **Followed Discussions** - once enabled, you will be notified on new comments and replies in this discussion (video)
* **Replies** - once enabled, you will be notified when a comment you wrote received a reply
* **Mentions** - once enabled, you will be notified on comments that you are mentioned in

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<mark style="color:purple;">**Toggle right (green)  = Enabled**</mark>

<mark style="color:purple;">**Toggle left (grey) = Disabled**</mark>

### Disabling notifications

If you would like to stop receiving notifications for a specific video, click the bell icon so it will be clear :

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{% hint style="danger" %}
**Note: if you disable notifications in the preferences, you will no longer receive any emails for any of the new comments on the video.**
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="success" %}
Recommended further reading:&#x20;

You can also follow the course activity in your [Activity Feed.](/activity-feed/feed.md)
{% endhint %}