Guide #1 - Alternative Ways To Get Notification For Your Steemit

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Unlike any mobile application out there, Steemit doesn't prompt out notification about your mention, upvote, replies and comment at the moment (Hope they do implement that in the future). Sometimes, you get missed out on some shoutout or mention from other author's post.

Here I would like to introduce two methods of how to get a notification for your steemit and there are just simple steps and can be easily followed.

Steem ChatBot/Steem Mentions (Telegram)

Steem ChatBot a.k.a Steem Mentions is a telegram bot created by @ludorum to get you notify on any mention that has your Steem ID within other author's post or comments.

How to Install It

Okay, you'll need Telegram obviously to use mention bot, get it installed on your computer (Windows, MacOS, Linux 32bit, Linux 64bit) or phone (iOS, Android, WindowPhone).

After you done installed, click this and it will prompt up your Telegram, and all you need to do is click Start. Once you're in the chatbox, do this few step below

Type in the command /start then /ui steemit
(This enable the type of UI you preferred for redirect, type busy if you preferred the that UI, by default is steemkr)
Type in /add username to activate your mention (do not need to add "@")
Type in /help to prompt up a list of command for other functionality like ignore mention on specific account

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@qurator mentioned me on one of their posts and I got a notification about it

Congratulations, now you can receive real-time notification from mention through your Telegram 😊.

GINABot (Discord)

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If you are a regular user of Discord, which I am since all my Steem chatting groups are here, you will find that GINABot is a very useful notification for your account through Discord messages. She is developed by @neander-squirrel and offered a whole lot more functionality compare to Steem ChatBot.

Here's a list of her functionality, and more will be added in the future:

Comments/Replies
Resteem/Reblog
Votes/Flag
Mentions
Incoming/Outgoing Coin Transfers
Delegation In/Out/Return
Followers/Unfollowers
Curation/Author/Witness Rewards
Tag/Keyword Watcher
Author Watcher
Blacklist

Now that you know the function that she offered, it's time to know how to get her to notify you on your Discord.

How To Ask GINA To Notify

First, you need to have Discord installed on your computer (Windows, Mac, Linux), or phone (iOS, Android) as well.

After done installed, join in the Minnow-Power channel through here or click join a server (left sidebar of your Discord) and paste https://discord.gg/h4Gzd5a into the space given.

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Once you have joined the server, head to the #registration channel and start your registration by typing in "..reg username (without @)", GINA will verify your account and ask you to send a 0.001 STEEM/SBD with a memo to link it up.

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Transfer 0.001 STEEM/SBD to @ginabot with the memo given by her (copy and paste, don't type it) and she will return back your STEEM/SBD with a memo stating that Your account has been validated!

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She will then direct message you through discord and give you a link to your own notification setting (keep this link to yourself 😉), press the link and it will prompt you to our default browser and load the setting page.

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Click on "Notification Active", set your "Preferred Platform" set your "Time Zone", choose whichever function that you like GINA to notify you and click "Save Changes" on the bottom.

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After the set up is done, you should start to receive notification from GINA according to the function you have picked. If you're not, be sure to check your "Privacy Setting" on Minnow Power channel and enable "Allows Direct Message from Server Members" or head to "#help channel" for support

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I hope my guide helps you along Steemit, and if you missed out my previous guide, feel free to check it out from the given link below:

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Hello, I'm Aaron Leang from Team Malaysia

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