As seen from the blue shading, I only had 2 new messages, but the red indicator showed 6. Such mismatch is very frequent. The blue shading is always right.
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\$\begingroup\$ Even though this has been answered, this question should've been posted on meta.SE instead. \$\endgroup\$– mbomb007May 9, 2017 at 18:09
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\$\begingroup\$ @mbomb007 Thank you. I didn't even know there was such a thing as meta.SE. \$\endgroup\$– AdámMay 9, 2017 at 18:11
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It's admittedly a bit confusing, but not really a bug.
If you get 10 comments on the same post, the inbox indicator will show 10 with a red background, but only a single thread will be displayed in your inbox. Likewise, several answers to the same question get gropued as well and will show up as a single item in the dropdown.
To keep track of unread answers and comments, you can navigate to the responses tab in your profile. (direct link) Items with a yellowish background indicate new responses since the last time you visited the tab.
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\$\begingroup\$ Really‽ So there is no 1:1 list of recent events I can use to make sure I've reacted (if necessary) to all of them? \$\endgroup\$– AdámMay 8, 2017 at 4:36
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\$\begingroup\$ There is, just on in your inbox, which only shows threads. codegolf.stackexchange.com/users/43319/… \$\endgroup\$– DennisMay 8, 2017 at 4:38
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\$\begingroup\$ As I said, answers might collapse as well. Which is the answer in your inbox that shows below the two blue items? If it's MickyT's, you'd have 5 answers and 1 comments, which would account for 6 notifications. \$\endgroup\$– DennisMay 8, 2017 at 4:44
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\$\begingroup\$ Ah, I see. It were the answers that collapsed. There are new answers there that I never saw. Too bad. I like to read answers to my questions. Guess I have to read the activity log from now on. Thanks. \$\endgroup\$– AdámMay 8, 2017 at 4:48
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\$\begingroup\$ Can you migrate this question+answer to meta.SE? \$\endgroup\$– AdámMay 9, 2017 at 18:11