OutaStory tells you about new chapters, replies, and other things you
care about — and gives you fine control over what reaches you.
The notification centre
Everything shows up in your notification centre at
/notifications. Open it to catch up on anything that
happened while you were away.
Unread items are marked. Mark all read clears the count on the bell,
and each row has a × that removes that notification from your list
for good. Clear read takes out everything you have already read in
one go. There is no undo, and it only affects your own list.
The full version, including the 200-item cap, is in
Reading, clearing and dismissing
notifications.
Turning on push
Want to be nudged even when OutaStory is closed? Enable push
notifications so alerts arrive on your device. You'll be asked to allow
notifications the first time — if you dismissed that prompt, you can turn
push back on from your notification settings.
Push works on iPhone and iPad, on Android and on the web.
There is no operating-system push on macOS or Windows — on those the
notification centre above is the whole story. Step by step:
Turning on push
notifications.
Fine-tuning what you get
Open Settings → Notifications at
/settings/notifications to decide exactly
what you're told about:
Every kind of notification is listed separately — new chapters and new
installments, replies to your comments, likes, follows, milestones,
trophies, narration that has finished, the newsletters, and resume
reading reminders — and each one can be switched on or off per channel
(in-app, push, email).
Account and security notices are the exception: those are always sent.
A brand-new account with nothing saved yet has everything switched on,
so the first thing worth doing is turning off whatever you don't want.
The two newsletters are managed here as well — see
Story of the Day and the weekly digest.