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  1. 14-Mar-2008 #1
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    Do you subscribe to threads? If so email or no email?

    Do you subscribe to threads, and if so do you ask for email notifications or not?
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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  2. 14-Mar-2008 #2
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    i have never in all the many moons i've been coming here subscribed to a thread.
    "The bumps you feel are asteroids smashing into the hull."
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  3. 16-Mar-2008 #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by scipio70 View Post
    i have never in all the many moons i've been coming here subscribed to a thread.
    Really? Not even without the email option?

    I subscribe to all threads (with no email notication) automatically and the first thing I do it typically just go to http://forum.homepageofthedead.com/usercp.php and see what threads have been replied to...
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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  4. 16-Mar-2008 #4
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    I subscribe to those I post in, and have email notifications sent to me.

    That way I go specifically to the threads I'm personally involved in straight away and see the replies up front, I find that the easiest way rather than trawling around the whole forum like a lost sheep.
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  5. 16-Mar-2008 #5
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    nope, no point i just take a gander when its got new posts in a thread.

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  6. 16-Mar-2008 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by hellsing View Post
    nope, no point i just take a gander when its got new posts in a thread.
    Can't work that out... Why not just subscribe (with no email) and go into User CP and it's all done for you
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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  7. 16-Mar-2008 #7
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    Nope ive never subscribed to a thread in my life, dont see the point, subscriptions just annoy me.
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  8. 16-Mar-2008 #8
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    Nope ive never subscribed to a thread in my life, dont see the point, subscriptions just annoy me.
    Completely agree. Why subscribe? It's just more headaches. I'd rather log in and give the forum a good ol' shufty - I rarely forget what threads I've posted in.
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  9. 16-Mar-2008 #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy View Post
    Nope ive never subscribed to a thread in my life, dont see the point, subscriptions just annoy me.
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    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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  10. 16-Mar-2008 #10
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    I said yes ...but i only do it rarely
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  11. 16-Mar-2008 #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    Utter... Total... WOW!
    I know. I don't understand how they're a headache. To me a headache is having to search through the entire forum and remember which threads I posted in, that is a pain in the ass.

    Meanwhile, get a notification in an email, click - straight to the thread - bash through them, then have a saunter about afterwards and done. How's that a handful?
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  12. 16-Mar-2008 #12
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    2 reasons, firstly my email is cluttered enough without the forums emailing me everytime someone replies to a topic, and secondly, i beleive it gives you a blinkered view of the forums, you just come, go directly to the topics you have replied to and leave more often than not, i enjoy the browsing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy View Post
    2 reasons, firstly my email is cluttered enough without the forums emailing me everytime someone replies to a topic, and secondly, i beleive it gives you a blinkered view of the forums, you just come, go directly to the topics you have replied to and leave more often than not, i enjoy the browsing.
    uh-huh, exactly the same with me.

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  14. 16-Mar-2008 #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andy View Post
    2 reasons, firstly my email is cluttered enough without the forums emailing me everytime someone replies to a topic, and secondly, i beleive it gives you a blinkered view of the forums, you just come, go directly to the topics you have replied to and leave more often than not, i enjoy the browsing.
    (1) Who said anything about email - I don't get any.
    (2) What wrong with free functionality? At a flick of a button I can see if there's any replies to any thread I've ever made?
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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  15. 18-Mar-2008 #15
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    Its all good in theory man, but in practice i still beleive it gives most people a blinkered view.

    I Like browsing the forums manually, always have.
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