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.
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.