I turned them off, but now I also don't get notifications when someone new starts following me...
Hey nostr:nprofile1qqs9uc95nwq3qc0zkfreugs8t43kpezuyzyy7p9ctcnlgpqtngmuuhc8np7un Those notifications are from people you follow. Anything they post (other than notes) triggers a notification. I checked your settings and the “Following” option is enabled. If you don’t want these, just disable that option. PS: notifications you already received are cached. If you want them gone, do a hard refresh using the arrow above, after that you’ll only see what matches your current notification settings.
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We don’t listen for new followers in notifications, this is still a problem in nostr and can’t be achieved at the current standards unless having a centralized solution.