The notification centre is the bell icon in the top menu. A badge appears when something is unread; click it and the list opens.
What collects there: friend requests, new messages and profile views. One button marks everything as read.
Push notifications
Push reaches your device even when the site isn't open. It tells you about friend requests and new messages.
To enable it, grant permission in the Notifications section of Settings; the browser asks once. You can switch it off in the same place.
Notification text arrives in your language — whichever your account uses.
Email preferences
Three separate switches: email me on an invite, on a message, on a friend request.
All independent. Wanting game invites by email while keeping the other two off is a perfectly sensible setup.
Which event comes through which channel?
👥 Friend request: collects in the bell, and can also arrive by push and email.
✉️ New message: the same three channels. Because a stranger's first message waits as a request, your inbox doesn't fill with notifications.
🎮 Game invite: appears on screen when a friend calls you to the board, and by email if you enabled it.
👀 Profile views: bell only, no notification sent.
Against notification fatigue
Our default is to send few notifications: tell you when something actually happened, rather than nudging you to “come back”.
If you'd rather not be disturbed, turn push off and keep using the bell — you stay connected, your phone just stays quiet.
To adjust your preferences: Settings.
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