newtothegame
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Wed Oct-06-10 10:05 AM
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FOR THE MODS: Why can't we subscribe to threads? |
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I'm able to do this on even my local newspaper's website, where I can subscribe to a story thread and receive the posted comments by email. I can even respond to those comments by just replying from my email. This is a newspaper serving a community of only 24,000.
DU is a website with over 160,000 users and 50 million posts, I would think this would be within our capability by now.
Any chance this is forthcoming? Or is there a concern about lost ad revenue if people don't come to the site as often? :shrug:
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unhappycamper
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Wed Oct-06-10 10:07 AM
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1. A better bet would be to email the Admins: |
muriel_volestrangler
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Wed Oct-06-10 10:15 AM
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2. Or wait a few days for the Ask The Admins forum to return |
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Edited on Wed Oct-06-10 10:17 AM by muriel_volestrangler
My guess is that the amount of email generated would be huge. A local paper, with just a few articles and readers who want to subscribe, is far different from hundreds of threads each day that can get hundreds of replies.
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Wed Oct-06-10 10:16 AM
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3. Also, not 160,000 users |
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That's the number of new accounts created...
Between trolls and sock puppets actual users is probably 20% of that number...
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Wed Oct-06-10 10:19 AM
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Surely you check in every few days. The bookmark function is listed at the top left of each topic.
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Wed Oct-06-10 10:46 AM
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Wed Oct-06-10 10:23 AM
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5. I'd settle for email alerts for replies to your own posts. |
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ATA will be open again in a few days, I'd ask there.
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Wed Oct-06-10 10:27 AM
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6. Could be useful, but there is 'My Recent Posts' |
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=recent_postsAll your posts from the past 48 hours, with something noting how many replies to each post.
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Wed Oct-06-10 12:33 PM
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9. Oh I've used that for years lol. |
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Just saying that if there is an "email alert" function it should (or would) probably be limited to your own replies.
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Wed Oct-06-10 11:48 AM
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