diff --git a/notifications/tests/factories/__init__.py b/notifications/tests/factories/__init__.py
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diff --git a/notifications/tests/factories/users.py b/notifications/tests/factories/users.py
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+from django.conf import settings
+import factory
+
+
+class Recipient(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    username = factory.Sequence(lambda n: f"recipient-{n}")
+    first_name = factory.SelfAttribute("username")
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL
+
+
+class Actor(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    username = factory.Sequence(lambda n: f"actor-{n}")
+    first_name = factory.SelfAttribute("username")
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL
+
+
+class Target(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
+    username = factory.Sequence(lambda n: f"target-{n}")
+    first_name = factory.SelfAttribute("username")
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL