diff --git a/src/applications/feed/query/PhabricatorFeedQuery.php b/src/applications/feed/query/PhabricatorFeedQuery.php
--- a/src/applications/feed/query/PhabricatorFeedQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/feed/query/PhabricatorFeedQuery.php
@@ -34,7 +34,15 @@
   }
 
   protected function willFilterPage(array $data) {
-    return PhabricatorFeedStory::loadAllFromRows($data, $this->getViewer());
+    $stories = PhabricatorFeedStory::loadAllFromRows($data, $this->getViewer());
+
+    foreach ($stories as $key => $story) {
+      if (!$story->isVisibleInFeed()) {
+        unset($stories[$key]);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return $stories;
   }
 
   protected function buildJoinClauseParts(AphrontDatabaseConnection $conn) {
diff --git a/src/applications/feed/story/PhabricatorFeedStory.php b/src/applications/feed/story/PhabricatorFeedStory.php
--- a/src/applications/feed/story/PhabricatorFeedStory.php
+++ b/src/applications/feed/story/PhabricatorFeedStory.php
@@ -418,6 +418,14 @@
     return array();
   }
 
+  public function isVisibleInFeed() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  public function isVisibleInNotifications() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
 
 /* -(  PhabricatorPolicyInterface Implementation  )-------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/src/applications/notification/query/PhabricatorNotificationQuery.php b/src/applications/notification/query/PhabricatorNotificationQuery.php
--- a/src/applications/notification/query/PhabricatorNotificationQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/notification/query/PhabricatorNotificationQuery.php
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@
 
     $data = queryfx_all(
       $conn,
-      'SELECT story.*, notif.hasViewed FROM %T notif
-         JOIN %T story ON notif.chronologicalKey = story.chronologicalKey
+      'SELECT story.*, notif.hasViewed FROM %R notif
+         JOIN %R story ON notif.chronologicalKey = story.chronologicalKey
          %Q
          ORDER BY notif.chronologicalKey DESC
          %Q',
-      $notification_table->getTableName(),
-      $story_table->getTableName(),
+      $notification_table,
+      $story_table,
       $this->buildWhereClause($conn),
       $this->buildLimitClause($conn));
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         (int)!$this->unread);
     }
 
-    if ($this->keys) {
+    if ($this->keys !== null) {
       $where[] = qsprintf(
         $conn,
         'notif.chronologicalKey IN (%Ls)',
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@
     return $where;
   }
 
+  protected function willFilterPage(array $stories) {
+    foreach ($stories as $key => $story) {
+      if (!$story->isVisibleInNotifications()) {
+        unset($stories[$key]);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return $stories;
+  }
+
   protected function getResultCursor($item) {
     return $item->getChronologicalKey();
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/people/xaction/PhabricatorUserNotifyTransaction.php b/src/applications/people/xaction/PhabricatorUserNotifyTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/people/xaction/PhabricatorUserNotifyTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/people/xaction/PhabricatorUserNotifyTransaction.php
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@
     return $this->getNewValue();
   }
 
-  public function shouldHideForFeed() {
+  public function shouldHideForNotifications() {
     return false;
   }
 
+  public function shouldHideForFeed() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   public function shouldHideForMail() {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/settings/panel/PhabricatorNotificationsSettingsPanel.php b/src/applications/settings/panel/PhabricatorNotificationsSettingsPanel.php
--- a/src/applications/settings/panel/PhabricatorNotificationsSettingsPanel.php
+++ b/src/applications/settings/panel/PhabricatorNotificationsSettingsPanel.php
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         ->setCaption(
           pht(
             'Phabricator can send real-time notifications to your web browser '.
-            'or to your desktop. Select where you\'d want to receive these '.
+            'or to your desktop. Select where you want to receive these '.
             'real-time updates.'))
         ->initBehavior(
           'desktop-notifications-control',
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php b/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/editor/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor.php
@@ -3428,7 +3428,19 @@
     array $xactions,
     array $mailed_phids) {
 
-    $xactions = mfilter($xactions, 'shouldHideForFeed', true);
+    // Remove transactions which don't publish feed stories or notifications.
+    // These never show up anywhere, so we don't need to do anything with them.
+    foreach ($xactions as $key => $xaction) {
+      if (!$xaction->shouldHideForFeed()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (!$xaction->shouldHideForNotifications()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      unset($xactions[$key]);
+    }
 
     if (!$xactions) {
       return;
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php b/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/feed/PhabricatorApplicationTransactionFeedStory.php
@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@
       // time because it's cheap and gets us better results when things change
       // by letting the changes apply retroactively.
 
-      $xaction_phids = $this->getValue('transactionPHIDs');
-
-      $xactions = array();
-      foreach ($xaction_phids as $xaction_phid) {
-        $xactions[] = $this->getObject($xaction_phid);
-      }
+      $xactions = $this->getTransactions();
 
       foreach ($xactions as $key => $xaction) {
         if ($xaction->shouldHideForFeed()) {
@@ -52,7 +47,7 @@
       if ($xactions) {
         $primary_phid = head($xactions)->getPHID();
       } else {
-        $primary_phid = head($xaction_phids);
+        $primary_phid = head($this->getValue('transactionPHIDs'));
       }
 
       $this->primaryTransactionPHID = $primary_phid;
@@ -61,6 +56,41 @@
     return $this->primaryTransactionPHID;
   }
 
+  public function isVisibleInNotifications() {
+    $xactions = $this->getTransactions();
+
+    foreach ($xactions as $key => $xaction) {
+      if (!$xaction->shouldHideForNotifications()) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  public function isVisibleInFeed() {
+    $xactions = $this->getTransactions();
+
+    foreach ($xactions as $key => $xaction) {
+      if (!$xaction->shouldHideForFeed()) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  private function getTransactions() {
+    $xaction_phids = $this->getValue('transactionPHIDs');
+
+    $xactions = array();
+    foreach ($xaction_phids as $xaction_phid) {
+      $xactions[] = $this->getObject($xaction_phid);
+    }
+
+    return $xactions;
+  }
+
   public function getPrimaryTransaction() {
     return $this->getObject($this->getPrimaryTransactionPHID());
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorApplicationTransaction.php
@@ -759,6 +759,10 @@
     return $this->shouldHide();
   }
 
+  public function shouldHideForNotifications() {
+    return $this->shouldHideForFeed();
+  }
+
   public function getTitleForMail() {
     return id(clone $this)->setRenderingTarget('text')->getTitle();
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransaction.php
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@
     return parent::shouldHideForMail($xactions);
   }
 
+  final public function shouldHideForNotifications() {
+    $hide = $this->getTransactionImplementation()->shouldHideForNotifications();
+
+    // Returning "null" means "use the default behavior".
+    if ($hide === null) {
+      return parent::shouldHideForNotifications();
+    }
+
+    return $hide;
+  }
+
   /* final */ public function getIcon() {
     $icon = $this->getTransactionImplementation()->getIcon();
     if ($icon !== null) {
diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/storage/PhabricatorModularTransactionType.php
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
     return false;
   }
 
+  public function shouldHideForNotifications() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   public function getIcon() {
     return null;
   }