Could we get notifications if someone comments on a thread we started, but not as a direct reply to us? Currently, if I make a comment, I get a notification if Alice replies, but not if Bob replies to Alice. And I suspect Bob’s replies would often relate to what I said and be interesting to me.
I’ve just noticed I can subscribe to comment replies on a thread, but I’m not yet sure if that captures replies to replies, and really I’d like this to be default for every comment thread I start (rather than me having to manually opt in every time).
(Apologies if someone else already mentioned this; I haven’t read the other suggestions on this page.)
If you select “auto-subscribe to replies to my comments”, you’ll be subscribed to each comment that replies to one of your comments. You can combine this with a notification for “replies to comments I subscribe to”. This should capture your “replies to replies”, though I haven’t validated this through testing.
In the time since you left this comment, have you seen evidence that this method works, or that it doesn’t?
Update: I think that this doesn’twork, at least for me and in cases where I didn’t start the comment thread. (Unless I’m doing something wrong.)
My specific observations:
I replied to a comment here. I was notified when Michelle Hutchinson replied. But I wasn’t notified of the various replies to her replies.
When I click on the three dots to the right of my comment, one of the options is “Unsubscribe to comment replies”. So I think that means that the current state is that I am subscribed to comment replies to that comment of mine.
In my user settings, “Auto-subscribe to replies to my comments” is ticked.
In my user settings, “Replies to comments I’m subscribed to” shows the current settings as “Notify me on-site” and “Immediately”.
(Is there something else I should do? Also let me know if screenshots would be useful.)
I’ve checked with LW’s tech staff, and it looks like what you’ve seen is the behavior they’d expect—it’s apparently difficult to track longer comment chains in this way with the current tech setup. I’m sorry to have given you an incorrect theory.
I think I forgot about this. (Though I’d still value getting notifications for replies to replies; I just forgot to think about it or check if solutions worked.) I’ll pay attention over the coming days :)
Could we get notifications if someone comments on a thread we started, but not as a direct reply to us? Currently, if I make a comment, I get a notification if Alice replies, but not if Bob replies to Alice. And I suspect Bob’s replies would often relate to what I said and be interesting to me.
I’ve just noticed I can subscribe to comment replies on a thread, but I’m not yet sure if that captures replies to replies, and really I’d like this to be default for every comment thread I start (rather than me having to manually opt in every time).
(Apologies if someone else already mentioned this; I haven’t read the other suggestions on this page.)
If you select “auto-subscribe to replies to my comments”, you’ll be subscribed to each comment that replies to one of your comments. You can combine this with a notification for “replies to comments I subscribe to”. This should capture your “replies to replies”, though I haven’t validated this through testing.
In the time since you left this comment, have you seen evidence that this method works, or that it doesn’t?
Update: I think that this doesn’t work, at least for me and in cases where I didn’t start the comment thread. (Unless I’m doing something wrong.)
My specific observations:
I replied to a comment here. I was notified when Michelle Hutchinson replied. But I wasn’t notified of the various replies to her replies.
When I click on the three dots to the right of my comment, one of the options is “Unsubscribe to comment replies”. So I think that means that the current state is that I am subscribed to comment replies to that comment of mine.
In my user settings, “Auto-subscribe to replies to my comments” is ticked.
In my user settings, “Replies to comments I’m subscribed to” shows the current settings as “Notify me on-site” and “Immediately”.
(Is there something else I should do? Also let me know if screenshots would be useful.)
I’ve checked with LW’s tech staff, and it looks like what you’ve seen is the behavior they’d expect—it’s apparently difficult to track longer comment chains in this way with the current tech setup. I’m sorry to have given you an incorrect theory.
That’s a reasonable test, and I wouldn’t have expected that result. I’ll follow up with our tech folks and let you know what I find out.
I think I forgot about this. (Though I’d still value getting notifications for replies to replies; I just forgot to think about it or check if solutions worked.) I’ll pay attention over the coming days :)