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GrowDiaries V2.3: Notifications and Messages

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Added 15 September 2025

Short video about the update:

Notifications Just Got an Upgrade!

We’ve got some fantastic news for our GrowDiaries community. Our latest update is live, and we’re excited to share what’s new in the notifications area!

The old notification system was a bit crowded and lacked detail. Now, we’ve completely revamped the notifications section and divided it into three parts for a better overall experience. No more clicking and scrolling, get everything you need to know right there.

The ‘For You’ Section

First up is the 'For You' tab, where you’ll find all the updates related to your own content, such as comments, likes, and diaries. All notifications are clickable and will take you to the page which triggered the notification. Additionally, for all tabs, we’ve included a feature that automatically marks notifications as ‘read’ when you scroll down. Also we’ve added a small cross on the right hand side that deletes notifications with just one click and keep your inbox clean

More importantly, we've introduced a new exciting feature: tagging a user with the “@” symbol now triggers a notification, ensuring you never miss a moment of your conversations with fellow growers on our platform.

The ‘Following’ Section

In the 'Following' tab, you can catch up on all the activities from the growers, diaries, brands, and products you follow. From sharing new journals and managing comments to uploading images, this dedicated area keeps you informed about their latest updates while you are away.

The ‘Messages’ Section

In the third tab, you’ll find the ‘Messages’ section. We’ve moved the chat feature here, where you can easily communicate with other growers and brands. You can also create group chats to collaborate, discuss diaries with friends, share tips, and stay connected in a more organized space.

For your convenience we’ve added a ‘Mark All as Read’ button to help you mark all notifications with one click.

Notifications Settings

To the right of the three tabs, you’ll find a cog icon that takes you to the notification settings page, where you can opt in or opt out of notifications and select which ones you want to appear in your inbox, such as follow requests, comments, questions, as well as other community-related items like reports and giveaways.

And last but not least we’ve added an additional menu to the profile icon where you can get access to your profile settings, create a new diary or upload a video

This is another step toward making Grow Diaries bigger and better than ever!

Please leave your thoughts and observations in the comments section! And as always, thank you for being part of our community!




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Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented1d ago
Don't mind the notifications change too much, although I did prefer the old way. Simpler was better. The new messaging is absolutely horrible on PC though. Only uses about a quarter of the screen and it was much easier to find the messages in the old system. Using a tiny bit of my screen and having to scroll through company and grower messages is a downgrade, not an improvement.
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@Shinsimilla, Thanks for your feedback. There is an option to click on "Show all" and it will take you to the dedicated page with the notifications and messages tabs where you will basically have the entire page with those. Would it work this way for you?
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented1d ago
@GrowDiaries, thanks, it's better, but it was still easier just to see names and profile images and have business separate like it used to be. That way there was no scrolling and didn't waste space showing a bit of the message while you're looking for who you want to message. I'm more than happy to have changes, but most of what you're changing is not an improvement. It now feels like every other email system, which is outdated and can be designed in a much more streamlined way and yours was better and easier and you swapped back to the more cumbersome way of doing things. That is what set you apart from other sites that feel like documents and forums. It's a pity that whoever is running this is unaware of what actually made it unique and better.
Core_T_Son
Core_T_Soncommented4d ago
Biggest mistake ever. Give me the old „Notification-Style“ back…
HippyHemulen
HippyHemulencommented4d ago
@Core_T_Son, Yeah imo its worse now too overhelming, old was simple and gave you all information what you need and we have follow tab different place already which give you info if someone is updatet diary. Nobody want to see what you following is commented.
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented4d ago
@HippyHemulen, there are notifications settings in the profile where you can basically choose what notifications you would like to have.
Shinsimilla
Shinsimillacommented1d ago
@GrowDiaries, where do we choose the old style? Would love to keep the old diary view and the old message system.
HippyHemulen
HippyHemulencommented4d ago
@GrowDiaries Can you make this new diary mode better picture resolution when you click open them? Old diary mode have better resolution and its still better than new imo. New diary mode should just be mobile app. :)
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented4d ago
@HippyHemulen, we will look into this. Thanks for letting us know!
KanOrganics
KanOrganicscommented4d ago
Seems like a horizontal change; i.e.; nothing gained, and adds habitual friction on the user-facing end. Additionally, 'Mark As Read' does absolutely nothing, so it's more trouble than just the mental friction. We're still waiting for the bugs to be fixed from the updates a couple months ago, such as zoomed in images not being draggable on Firefox, only Chrome and others. And now we have another bug (and possibly more) added onto the queue. Will GrowDiaries ever be major bug-free? Will developers ever stop, breathe, and listen to their users?
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented4d ago
@KanOrganics, Thanks for sharing your thought on this. We'll have developers look into this.
AsNoriu
AsNoriucommented4d ago
Its interesting layout, i will wait for you fixing bugs, before i make my mind ( always hard to get used to new things for most of us ). One thing i should mention - if someone liked my video, i get notification, but i don't see from which diary this video was ...
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented4d ago
@AsNoriu, we have'n been getting many bug reports lately, so in case you know them - please feel free to share. Regarding the likes on the videos - we will look into this. Thanks!
Hashy
Hashycommented4d ago
Sorry guys I don't like the way the chat has changed, it should be like it was, a growers section and a official companies section. Edit The more I look at the message part the more I dislike it. Its definitely a step backwards, it was so much easier to dm people and companies the old way. Definitely not a fan of this change. Edit edit. All you had to do was remove the airplane symbol from the screen and add a chat option in the drop down menu, when pressing chat it opens up just like if you pressed the airplane. But opens up exactly like the airplane symbol did, not like the way messages open up now. The exact same thing as its always been but from the drop down menu. Lol
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00110001001001111Ocommented4d ago
This is tame. I came here for entertainment, c'mon.
BrigadeDesTerps
BrigadeDesTerpscommented2d ago
The new system for presenting diaries is nice, but the fact that I can no longer click on the photos is less so. I can no longer see the full images and zoom in as I want. It's annoying. And since I can no longer do that, I can no longer see the names of the photos and they are in poor image quality. I would have to redo this on mobile.
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@BrigadeDesTerps, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. The way it works currently is when you are in the image gallery (you can get there by clicking on the photo in the diary) - you could double click on the photo and it will let you zoom in. In case it's not working - could you please write to support with the details like browser version etc.?
m0use
m0usecommented3d ago
If you want some bugs to hunt, go read though any of the other "update" blogs and hit the comment sections. 100% they are not all solved and glossed over. Chat system at the top is starting to be more ok. But the function of looseing chat icon bubbles is shit. I use colours and the images to indentfy who is typeing not the name so much. their avatar is usefull in group chats. Its size id sorta small and common inbox is meh. maybe make an icon beside the notifaction bell for the airplane or chat bubble. I also liked how chats stayed open when navigating GD. as a floating window like the nagivation pain on the far left. Emojies still don't work in chats "old issue". can send it. then it disappears and removes itself. Still cant post pics in chat like you can on comments. Still cant remove stupid comments off our own profile wall..... Still not showing all the comments made on our profle walls. Some dissapeared. Some only show when viewing external "logged out" and others internally. "loged in to account" Still can see removed comments from your own profile what that you said are deleted. Still cant block someone from seeing or interacting with your profile, diaries or comments. Still having some performance/resource issues with GD tab eating up system resources. Massive ad's that just could be done better. Once you hit send on a comment on a main page, the test stays in the box like you never hit send. I now have all my deleted messages from the beginning of time with this new update. meaning you don't delete our personal covos just hide them from our own view...... could be cataloguing them for all we know. bit scary and sketchy AF. be forthcoming and transparent with our data. Can not select mutipule messages. in inbox to delete. Deleting old messages takes longer and is less fulid when doing it. more annoying and clicky. You still have troll issues on the site like MyWetPussy account and all their alternatives that have been pointed out to you. Your loosing some of the regulars with non functioning addons and screwy mechanics like starting a diary and it failing or these GUI updates that bring more negative vs positive.. No one is asking for these features, we don;t know why they are happening or when. Would be nice to know whats changing and why and for what bigger purpose.... it almost seems like you should make a new webpage with all the updates and beta pushes you want. iron it smooth with real testers and bug catchers and once its working and fine integrate the old data base and move everyone over in small groups. IDK. its not our job to be the unpaid beta testers and bug catches, This should be done quite vigorously by specialist before hand, if you are indeed making the kinda money some webpages have lead me to believe its crazy how much has went unchecked.. Like who bought you, or who are you trying to sell it to. follow the money, is the bored wanting out and giving it a fresh coat of paint before they sell??
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@m0use, thank you so much for such a detailed answer. We will look into your proposal as well as will re-read the comments for the previous updates in order to make sure we did not miss anything.
00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Ocommented2d ago
Hey, it's not all doom and gloom -- i had 3 harvest weeks disappear months ago. One has magically returned. Still missing 2 from other diary.
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@00110001001001111O, could you write to support about it with the details so that we could check that for you?
Dabking
Dabkingcommented4d ago
Can you bring back the version from about 2 years ago. It got more people to engage into others diaries via liking and commenting. Just impliment a bot/stoppage if a user is spamming within a set time. Also, please implement a myspace-type "top 8/10/12/ect" that users can MANUALLY select which diaries they want to be shown on their main page (info page). Otherwise, keep up the great work.
GrowDiaries
GrowDiariescommented1d ago
@Dabking, we have anti spam system and in general it works. But not 100%. For the bots/spam appeared on the site we have "Complain" button - which helps us identify the remaining and delete them. Regarding the engagement - we will look into this. Thanks!