Notification types and when they are triggered

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Currently, you can opt out of all notifications if you want to. Soon, we’ll release an update that will allow you to be more granular with the kinds of notifications you’d like to receive and how you’d like to receive them.

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Here are all the current (and some future) notification types:

Friends

Type Trigger
NEW_FRIEND_REQUEST When someone adds you as a friend.
ACCEPTED_FRIEND_REQUEST When your friend request has been accepted.

Posts

Type Trigger
NEW_COMMENT When someone has commented on a post, planned game, or play log you are in / have interacted with.
NEW_POST When someone has posted in a group you’re a member of or an event you’re attending.
POLL_RESULTS When a poll you posted has completed, we send you the results.

Events

Type Trigger
EVENT_CREATED_CHILD When someone is planning a public game at an event you’re attending.
EVENT_CREATED_GROUP When someone posts a public/group event or game in a group you are a member of.
EVENT_CREATED_LOCAL When someone is planning a public game nearby (within 50km) and that game is in your “Want to play” list.
EVENT_INVITED When you are invited to an event or planned game.
EVENT_OPENED [Not yet implemented] When an event or planned game is open to signups.
EVENT_ATTENDANCE_RESPONSE When someone updates their response for an event or game you are hosting. Also sent to the person who invited the player, if not the host.
EVENT_UPDATED When the event or planned game host has updated the details of an event/planned game you’re attending.
EVENT_CANCELLED When an event or planned game you were attending has been cancelled.
EVENT_REMINDER When an event you’re attending is coming up. Sent a day before for events and 15 minutes before for a planned game.

Groups

Type Trigger
GROUP_INVITED When you are invited to join a group.
GROUP_UPDATED When the group you are an admin of has it’s details updated by another admin. This is only sent to group admins.
GROUP_REQUEST_JOIN [Not yet implemented] When someone requests to join a group you are admin of.
GROUP_MEMBER_JOINED When someone joins or accepts an invite to a group you are admin of.
GROUP_ROLE_CHANGED When your role in a group is changed (e.g. from member to admin).
GROUP_DELETED When a group you are a member of is deleted.

Play logs

Type Trigger
PLAY_LOG_CREATED When another player has added you in a play log.
PLAY_LOG_UPDATED When another player has updated the details of a play log you are in.
PLAY_LOG_DELETED [Not yet implemented] When another player has deleted a play log you are in (currently not possible).

Misc.

Type Trigger
SYSTEM_MESSAGE In certain rare cases (e.g. an active issue affecting your account), the Aftergame team has the ability to send a custom notification.