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A minor suggestion

May 19, 2005 11:32AM PDT

Automatically subscribe the starter of a thread to that thread. There are some people, I won't name any names, who keep forgetting to subscribe, more or less unconsciously thinking that if I ask a question that should automatically mean I want to know the answer to it. Okay, some starter posts are not questions but comments, but the same thinking applies.

Now, if I can just remember to subscribe to this thread.

grandpaw

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You are quite subtle with this comment
May 20, 2005 3:30AM PDT

but I would hope that one who asks a question would also be eagerly checking back for responses. The type that would drop a post and ignore it later would probably have no difficulty ignoring e-mail about it.....unless, perhaps, the e-mail notifications could grow and multiply until they had marked as "read" the responses to their own questions. Wink

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Well, actually, Steven,
May 20, 2005 7:50AM PDT

I do eagerly check for responses; the reason I often don't see any is that I forgot to subscribe. By the way, I really thought I was being too obvious rather than too subtle. I should have said a friend of mine was having the problem. grandpaw

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Separate Tracking/Subscribing from Notification
Jun 2, 2005 9:08PM PDT

if you decide to follow the suggestion of automatically tracking/subscribing the originator's posts.

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Hi, Grandpaw
Jun 8, 2005 2:12AM PDT

Speaking for myself - I do not want any automatic anythings that are not absolutely necessary for my participation here on CNET.

If a member needs to subscribe to a thread/post in order to stay up-to-date, then he/she can do so. If he/she does not do this and does not make a reply to a question, etc., then, IMO, that is their problem.

I have made posts before in regard to the rudeness of members who ask for assistance (usually in a kazillion places at once) and then never reply back to those who have taken the time to respond (not talking about the occasional ''oops''). I don't like that, but, as a responsible member of CNET (I hope Wink ), I don't want messages sent to me automatically. I already get enough stuff that I don't want.

My thought is that if the poster is rude enough to not respond to assistance, then it will not matter all that much if they get a subscriber message about it. Rude people are rude, even with reminders Wink

JMHO, and I hope I read your post correctly. If I didn't, then just ignore my ramblings Grin

Take care,
--Marcia/Oregon


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another take on it
Jun 8, 2005 3:53AM PDT

I, and speaking for myself as well Happy, I would prefer the automatic subscription.

I understand that there are times that I might not want to read rude responses, but most times if I make an entry to a thread, I would like to hear what others thoughts are, good or bad, about my posting.

In the few times I might tire of the ramblings of others in a thread, I could always manually un-subscribe.

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Defintely considering this feature for the future...
Jun 8, 2005 5:53AM PDT

If it ever does get implemented it will be an option to subscribe to thread before submitting your post.

Thanks!
-Lee