YSK If you check "hide bot posts", that post in your notifications you can't see might be from a bot.

SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net to You Should Know@lemmy.world – 42 points –

I had checked the box and couldn't figure out why it thought I had 2 notifications when I had none showing, and eventually I realized a bot responded to my posts.

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I hid read posts and found out that that includes my own posts. I kept wondering why my posts disappeared.