in case you missed it from the thread cthawley referenced above: https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNat_observations_updates.html
not sure exactly what you mean by this, but this is probably the thing that will need to happen to provide a better workflow for notifications in the system: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/notifications-on-inaturalist-please-share-your-ideas/374/202.