# Project Journal - who gets notified?

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-journal-who-gets-notified/79027>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 15, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-journal-who-gets-notified/79027 "2026-05-15T18:50:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![miwi2020](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/miwi2020/32/25310_2.png) [@miwi2020](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/miwi2020)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-journal-who-gets-notified/79027/1 "2026-05-15T18:50:29Z")

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I wrote a new project journal entry. And I wonder why I later got a notification about that myself - why that ? - seems superfluous.  
More interesting would be to know, if the other project members get an info automatically ?  
I’ve read this " [Communication with project members](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/communication-with-project-members/1736) "  
But it’s 6 years old now - any improvements meanwhile ?

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**Author:** ![leafybye](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/leafybye/32/1525_2.png) [@leafybye](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/leafybye)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-journal-who-gets-notified/79027/2 "2026-05-15T23:18:30Z")

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You get the notification to confirm the Journal entry was published and that the news notification has been sent to all members who have joined the project. I’ve asked, and other members do see these. Essentially, you are the creator, but also a member so under those rules you get the note also.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-journal-who-gets-notified/79027/3 "2026-05-15T23:24:47Z")

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> [@leafybye](#):
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> You get the notification to confirm the Journal entry was published and that the news notification has been sent to all members who have joined the project.

A caveat is that a) when someone joins a project they can choose to opt out of being notified about new project journal posts and b) some people opt out of email notifications.

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**Author:** ![miwi2020](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/miwi2020/32/25310_2.png) [@miwi2020](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/miwi2020)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-journal-who-gets-notified/79027/4 "2026-05-16T19:29:19Z")

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Thank you all very much - that’s what I need to know.  
Could be closed now from my side.  
bye\_mic.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/project-journal-who-gets-notified/79027/5 "2026-07-15T19:30:04Z")

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