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Thread 'tick' in which I've posted had disappeared

Mayday
Mayday Posts: 614 Forumite
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Up until the recent site update, if i posted in any thread, a blue tick-box showed against thread title in the relevant Forum list.

Now, I have to physically subscribe to any threads I've posted in - why is this?

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  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    If you mean the subscribed.gif, then for me that has only ever appeared when you are subscribed to a thread.

    In fact that is the name of the image. subscribed.gif.

    Looking back at previous versions of the forum software that hasn't changed.

    Did you mean the arrow thread_dot.gif or thread_dot_hot.gif on the thread status icon?

    That has always been the indicator to show that you have replies in a thread for as long as I have used MSE and other vBulletin forums.
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  • Savvy_Sue
    Savvy_Sue Posts: 47,441 Forumite
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    Is there an option to subscribe to any thread you reply to? although I don't know why that option would have changed for Mayday but not for me.
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    I have never knowingly subscribed to a thread, but the tick shows for me when I post in a thread.
    But then when I click 'Go to first unread post' always takes me to the last post in the thread, so I figured I was just an oddity... :D
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  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    edited 10 July 2009 at 3:29PM
    Savvy_Sue wrote: »
    Is there an option to subscribe to any thread you reply to? although I don't know why that option would have changed for Mayday but not for me.

    Now that you mention it, there is.

    From: User CP --> Edit Options

    20p3n5u.png

    Maybe mayday had that enabled without realising it? And it became deselected for some reason?

    The subscribed.gif does only appear when you have subscribed to a thread.

    (Not to be confused with the firstnew.gif or lastpost.gif buttons which indicate unread posts rather than whether you yourself have posted in the thread or subscribed to it)
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    Gosh, look, 4620 subscribed threads :rotfl:
    My TV is broken! :cry:
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  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    frivolous_fay wrote: »
    Gosh, look, 4620 subscribed threads :rotfl:

    That is why I have never enabled that option and so forgot about it. ;)

    I reply to waaaay too many threads. :o :cool:
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  • Mayday
    Mayday Posts: 614 Forumite
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    fermi wrote: »
    If you mean the subscribed.gif, then for me that has only ever appeared when you are subscribed to a thread.

    As stated in my original post, the blue tick always appeared in threads I had posted in - until the recent site update.

    As it does with other Forums that use the same software as MSE.
  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    edited 10 July 2009 at 9:49PM
    Mayday wrote: »
    As stated in my original post, the blue tick always appeared in threads I had posted in - until the recent site update.

    As it does with other Forums that use the same software as MSE.

    As said, that symbol indicates that you are subscribed to a thread, not just that you have replied to it.

    This can clearly be seen by hovering your mouse over it. :confused:

    j8gpbd.png

    If you adjust your options so that:

    User CP --> Edit Options

    20p3n5u.png

    then you should once again automatically subscribe to threads you reply to.

    As already stated in my post above.
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  • Mayday
    Mayday Posts: 614 Forumite
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    Thanks, fermi - all sorted :)
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