Sending a notification to yourself

[tanersnmz]

Location

Notification Screen

Bug Description

When users try to send themselves notifications, they can send them.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'Profile Page'
2. Click on 'Notifications'
3. Try to send a notification to yourself.
4. See the notification.

Expected Behavior

In an app that works properly, users can't send themselves notifications.

Screenshots

Users can send notifications to himself/herself.

Here is the incoming notification to the same user.

For PC Users:

• OS: Windows 10
• Browser Version: Google Chrome 108.0.5359.99 (64-bit)

Suggested fix:

• Adjust the backend so that it checks whether the user tries to send a notification to himself/herself.
• If this is the case, do not send the notification and show an error message.