About a year and half ago we introduced the Global Inbox, that lovely little red number our analytics tell us everybody loves.
We’re fiercely protective of the inbox, making sure only actionable things directed at you go into it. Comments, answers, a handful of post notices, Stack Overflow Careers messages, and the like. That’s why that little red number is so loved, clicking it shows you awesome, interesting things as a rule.
However, since day one we’ve had a another class of general information notifications, badge awards, revisions, election announcements, and so on. Stuff that’s good to know, but not always stuff you can respond to. …