Can you turn off notifications for specific threads?

BootsMullery

B0bbyEwing said:

BootsMullery said:

Surely, clicking the Bookmark icon will ensure that you DO get Notifications. It will only stop notifications if you have previously Bookmarked that thread and are now removing the Bookmark.

Is what I thought as well.

At least, that's what makes sense to me.

BootsMullery said:

The only way round this for the OP would seem to be to go to Notification preferences (click the Notifications Bell icon just along from the Bookmark one, then select the three lines at the right side of the header box) then deselect the "notify me when people comment on my discussions" and deselect "Notify me when people comment on discussions I've participated in",
Ensure that "Notify me when people comment on my Bookmarked discussions" IS selected.

Once this is done they will need to always Bookmark any discussions that they do wish to receive Notifications on.

Yeah it's all a bit faffy to be honest. 

I think I'll just stick to ignoring it & resisting the temptation to respond. 

Would electing to "ignore" the other person suit you?
Click on their name to take you to their Profile. In the top right corner is a red box with head and shoulders shape, click and select "ignore". I've never used this but I understand that this would mean that you would no longer see that persons reply posts.

Torry_Quine

If you click on the bookmark icon which shows red then that removes the bookmark and shows a red outline instead.  It works that way for me.

Jenni_D

BootsMullery said:

B0bbyEwing said:

BootsMullery said:

Surely, clicking the Bookmark icon will ensure that you DO get Notifications. It will only stop notifications if you have previously Bookmarked that thread and are now removing the Bookmark.

Is what I thought as well.

At least, that's what makes sense to me.

BootsMullery said:

The only way round this for the OP would seem to be to go to Notification preferences (click the Notifications Bell icon just along from the Bookmark one, then select the three lines at the right side of the header box) then deselect the "notify me when people comment on my discussions" and deselect "Notify me when people comment on discussions I've participated in",
Ensure that "Notify me when people comment on my Bookmarked discussions" IS selected.

Once this is done they will need to always Bookmark any discussions that they do wish to receive Notifications on.

Yeah it's all a bit faffy to be honest. 

I think I'll just stick to ignoring it & resisting the temptation to respond. 

Would electing to "ignore" the other person suit you?
Click on their name to take you to their Profile. In the top right corner is a red box with head and shoulders shape, click and select "ignore". I've never used this but I understand that this would mean that you would no longer see that persons reply posts.

You still get notifications that an ignored poster has replied - all Ignore does is stop you seeing their posts.

B0bbyEwing

Jenni_D said:

You still get notifications that an ignored poster has replied - all Ignore does is stop you seeing their posts.

And I actually had to use that feature on another forum but then since everyone likes to quote everyone else (yep, including what I've just done right now), it meant that ignoring was a waste of time because I'd see their post anyway as soon as someone quoted them. Despite me telling this person I was blocking them & asking them to just not bother responding to my posts since they had a clear dislike for them/me, they still continued to follow me around.

A bit like complaining you hate brown sauce yet putting it on everything anyway.

Sea_Shell

Well i think I've got it to work how I want. 😞

I've disabled notifications on threads I've commented on, but kept them on for mentions, bookmarks and own discussions. 

So now I'll either add or remove bookmarks as i go, having a clear out of old dead threads every now and again. 

That should do what I want! 

elsien

Sea_Shell said:

Well i think I've got it to work how I want. 😞

I've disabled notifications on threads I've commented on, but kept them on for mentions, bookmarks and own discussions. 

So now I'll either add or remove bookmarks as i go, having a clear out of old dead threads every now and again. 

That should do what I want! 

Might give that one a go - I am also getting notifications from threads I'm no longer interested in although they aren't bookmarked. It is quite annoying. 

Sea_Shell

The sad/disappointing thing, going back through my bookmarks, are how many threads are left hanging by the OP without resolution or updates.    Even when I've tagged the OP for an update.  

I know it's not compulsory, but at least we can put threads to bed, as it were.

vacheron

I just came on here to see if there has been a resolution to this as I made the mistake on making one post to a retirement thread years ago. This thread has now runs to over 226 pages long and sees huge bursts of posts from time to time.

I lost interest in it months ago, yet I've been sent had 80+ emails about every new post made on it just this week with no apparent way to deselect it.

Being able to subscribe and unsubscribe to threads should not be a feature people are "waiting for" on a forum as prestigious as MSE in 2023... I used to post and later assist in moderting a vBulletin forum back in 2000-2001 which had this feature that worked perfectly 22 years ago!