post reply notifications?

Category: Zone BBS Suggestions and Feedback

Post 1 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Monday, 10-Oct-2005 13:55:38

i was wondering if something could be aded to the zone where say if someone here posted a topic and i replied i was wondering if like the private message thingy the zone could email you and say something along the lines of

hi stargate. you have receeved a reply to a message you posted. view it at such and such

what ya think?

Post 2 by nikos (English words from a Greek thinking brain) on Monday, 10-Oct-2005 14:07:18

Good idea.

Post 3 by sugar (Entertain me. I dare you.) on Monday, 10-Oct-2005 15:46:46

I like this idea. Also, I wonder if it would be possible to set it up so you could kind of subscribe to topics so that you know if someone has posted after you. I know that's been mentioned in the past, but I don't remember what the outcome was.

Post 4 by rat (star trek rules!) on Monday, 10-Oct-2005 16:23:13

I agree with both ideas.

Post 5 by wonderwoman (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Monday, 10-Oct-2005 20:03:50

I think both ideas were suggested a while back, and I think both ideas are good, but it just sort of got dropped. I really love both these ideas, especially the subscribing to topics, and what about a feature where you could set it up to either receive or not see topics you didn't subscribe to? I mean, maybe it could be a checkbox where when you were arrowing through the topics, you had the option to hide the topics you didn't subscribe to?
wonderwoman

Post 6 by sugar (Entertain me. I dare you.) on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2005 3:27:20

yeh, that'd be kinda cool,

Post 7 by sugarbaby (The voice of reason) on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2005 4:13:34

I think the issue with doing this is that if you are a regular poster, and you get a lot responses to your posts, then you inbox could potentially be flooded with reply notifications.

Post 8 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2005 8:29:58

yes that's a isue! but say you only got one reply per message? then you could post again to that topic for another reply

sugar the idea of subscribing to topics is really good! lots of forums do that now

Post 9 by maddog (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2005 12:52:56

don't think we haven't been thinking about that. Actually, we've liked this idea since we've first heard of it. It's just...honestly? A lot of us are really busy right now. Especially the admins, and they're the true coders on this cite, but I mean, they have work, and classes, but I will remind them of this again, because it is a good idea, and we'll see if we can get it implemented sometime in the near future. We'll keep you all posted!

Post 10 by sugar (Entertain me. I dare you.) on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2005 14:41:15

Well Claire, really, that's their issue, if they choose to do it, heheheh.

Post 11 by Jage (Zone BBS, a decade of madness) on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2005 18:08:27

Ya. This one's been on the list for ages. You'd get one message per topic until you posted again or resubscribed to the thread, which is how most boards do it.

Post 12 by Harp (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2005 23:16:07

actually this does sound like a really good idea. that said could it also be coded that users could turn that facility off if they so desired? it's just that while i can see why people would want this feature, on a personal note it would piss the hell off out of me! hehehe.

Post 13 by JH_Radio (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Saturday, 15-Oct-2005 12:04:15

Ah guys, you're refering to a "Watch topic" and "Reply notification" thing on these boards? I'm all for it!

Post 14 by Inesle1987 (Account disabled) on Saturday, 15-Oct-2005 12:47:12

So am I. Especially if oyu need opinions urgently. I love this idea.

Post 15 by lights_rage (I just keep on posting!) on Sunday, 16-Oct-2005 5:51:27

I agree simply because i forget to come back to the boards so if we could subscribe to topics and get replies to our posts that would help us respond