How do I know when I receive a Message????

I get emails from mailto:[email protected] to the my email I used to sign up with. Unfortunately, I rarely check that email and have notifications turned off. It would be nice if the chats icon showed you had received a message like it used to before.

The chat icon flashes when you have a new message.

If you have a message, the "chats" icon blinks ever-so-slightly. It's almost impossible to see.

Concur, it would better if it went BOLD or a little * added in or something; pulsating flash barely noticeable.

I missed seeing messages several times since the change.

Yeah. I activated the send me an email notification just to make sure I notice all messages.

dirtyburt, I just sent you a test message so you can see how the chats icon flashes.

now I see the flashing! but I have to stare at it.

My chat icon just constantly flashes, new message or not.

It used to be very obvious. Now it's not.

Holy moly, thanks for this thread everyone! Because of this I just realized that I had a half dozen DMs from as much as 4 months ago that I had no idea were sitting there! I just responded to all of them with appropriate apologies for my ignorance and delay. Now I know what to look for.

The flashing is very subtle, a lot of guys miss it. I think it should be red or have a little exclamation point, not flashing. But the new site is very gen x black and white minimalist so I do like that

ilbbaicnl, If your chats icon constantly flashes, you probably have an old message that you have not read. The messages will stay bold until they are read. This makes it easy to determine if your incoming or outgoing message has been read.

I am using an iPad, and I can’t see anything flashing. Maybe on a PC it is different. I also found about 5-6 messages already a few months old, so I guess it’s just not me.
Guess we need to check more often????