Removal of Fast Reply

[Chrispie]

Dear mods,

 

Correct me if i am wrong..

 

1. The current forum does not have email sent to me when a reply is made specific to my posts.

2. The only way to get any notification is by checking the subscription button.

 

If the above is true, the following problem is faced.. not by me but a few other forumers as well after conversing with them via msn.

 

1. We get flooded in the email as now we are subscribed to all those threads we participated (we checked the auto subscribe thing).

2. There is no choice as this is the only way to know someone replied to me.

3. People starts to use the Fast Reply and replies become 'indiscriminal'.

 

My suggestion is

 

1. Bring back the former function of us getting emails only when someone replies specifically to our posts.

2. Remove Fast Replies totally to everyone.

 

I feel the situation now is the thread gets abit multi tracked after a while.. and there is a loss of flow in the discussion. When someone say read page 2, reply via fast reply and his posting appears on page 13, it was already on some other key agenda. There is a sudden loss in context and evolution of the thread. And i see that you do not know which is the last page of discussion. I may think page 5 is the last, and after replying, realize there was actually say 23 pages.. and it felt like you are offtracked..

 

I hope maybe the mods can address these issues. The solution is actually quite easy as referred to under my suggestions.

 

Thank you very much !

 

[Friendstar]

i wonder why they launched this new forum when its evident its functionalities are deficient.

 

its not as if the new forum is astounding in performance, looks etc

[Kanchelsk]

i tot oni i cannot find the "you have reply to post" link...

so it's not included in the new forum at all... wat a waste...

it is the most impt features

 

[Laserjet]

Hi Chrispie,

 

Thanks for your feedback.

 

We will "bring back the former function of us getting emails only when someone replies specifically to our posts." (Within next 2 weeks)

 

For the part on the "fast reply", I think that it is the responsibility of those who wants to reply to read the forum till the last thread before replying. If forumers wish to reply to someone in earlier pages, they should use the "quote" button instead.

 

Some useful info as per below.

 

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This board can notify you when a new reply is added to a topic. Many users find this useful to keep up to date on topics without the need to view the board to check for new messages.

 

There are three ways to subscribe to a topic:

 

* Click the 'Options' menu at the top of a topic, and go to 'Track this topic'

* On the posting screen when replying to or creating a topic, check the 'Enable email notification of replies?' checkbox.

* From the 'Email Settings' section of your User CP (My Controls) check the 'Enable Email Notification by default?' option, this will automatically subscribe you to any topic that you make a reply to.

 

Please note that there are four different types of subscriptions:

 

Immediate Email Notification

This option will send out a notification immediately after a new topic or reply has been made regardless of your activity.

 

Delayed Emailed Notification

This option will send out a notification if a new topic or reply has been made and you're not active on the board.

 

Daily Email Digest

This option will send out a daily digest showing all new replies or topics for that day.

 

Weekly Email Digest

This option will send out a weekly digest showing all new replies or topics for that week.

 

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