I have mine set to subscribe with no emails or PMs telling me a new post was made. I just go here: http://forums.anandtech.com/subscription.php
I have mine set to subscribe with no emails or PMs telling me a new post was made. I just go here: http://forums.anandtech.com/subscription.phpHm, that never happens for me. Must mean that there is an option for it that's been turned off; maybe I did it years ago? If so, then that would be an enhancement I suppose - someone could turn off the the automatic subscription but they would always get an email if directly replied to.
Edit: I found the option in the control panel, maybe I did turn it off years ago. I'd turn it on but then a single P&N post would spam me for months to come unless I changed it...
It's possible that this has already been discussed in this thread and I don't know it because I don't know the terminology for forum tech, but what about upgrading the forum to allow people to get replies when they are directly quoted so that there is no need to subscribe to a thread that you replied to?
If you post/reply in a thread, you are automatically subscribed. Are you talking about removing the automatic functionality of that?
i think hes asking about being notified when you are quoted specifically not when a thread is replied to in general
AVS forum notifies you when someone else quotes you
I'm not a fan of the current situation. Some of the moderators here just plain suck. There's no way to candy-coat it.
If you actually wanted to improve the situation, then you permit moderators to be called out. If they don't like it, they can _un_volunteer. That's how it should work. If you had a shitty volunteer nurse, you'd make god damned sure that he/she came nowhere near you or your loved ones.
Or, you can have some sort of moderator feedback or voting system and get rid of them according to the will of the membership.
i think hes asking about being notified when you are quoted specifically not when a thread is replied to in general
AVS forum notifies you when someone else quotes you
aren`t you the guy who posted that somebody passed away out of spite and in a malicious manner? I wouldn`t say a whole lot about the mods...
again look whose talking about abuse....
Make MoonBeam our philosopher king. He does zero moderation and has no official power; but everyone agrees to follow his proclamations (such as they are) as far as one feels (s)he can properly interpret them.
After reading some of your posts in here, getting rid of YOU would be the better alternative.
- Get rid of the tapatalk prompt every time I visit the forum on my phone/tablet. I don't want to use it and it is irritating to have it pushed upon me.
- Get rid of the left navigation or make it a settable option in the event others use it. Wasted screen real-estate on smaller displays.
I think what we have is pretty awesome.
I hate forums with large custom signatures, large custom avatars, embedded images/videos over a certain size, etc.
I think AT Forums does a great job at keeping it classy.
I'll bet the OT stuff accounts for at least 3/4 of the traffic in these forums.
I'll bet the OT stuff accounts for at least 3/4 of the traffic in these forums.
Well actually the Garage is not much smaller than OT and the technical subforums add up to more than OT but OT is still the largest subforum on this site and probably makes up to more than 25% of the activity on this site.
Done.
This request has been approved and is being processed. Due to the holidays, we expect the change will take place within a matter of weeks. Our objective will be the complete elimination of the downtime period, rather than a rescheduling. You may see another downtime or two before we are able to enact this change, but it is approved and in process.
Much appreciate everyone's feedback so far - please keep them coming.
I hadn't seen this until now. I disagree too, since they really aren't related. If you have to merge HT, the closest topic I see is Programming - and even that's very distantly related.* Highly Technical & Distributed Computing (merge, since they're both fairly advanced topics)
Not quite appropriate, IMHO. There should be a separation between tablets with a desktop OS, tablets with an Android OS, and tablets with iOS. (Consider this another vote for an All Things Android forum.)* Laptops, Notebooks, and Tablets (split off from smartphones) - aka Mobile Computing
Another vote to keep the distributed computing sub-forum. Even though a lot of us don't post incessantly inside of it we do run into issues & coordinate inside of it. It is the one key area to ask specific Distributed Computing/BOINC related questions & report issues to ask others for help. A lot of other DC teams have their own sub-forum or full blown website with forums to communicate with each other.
I hadn't seen this until now. I disagree too, since they really aren't related. If you have to merge HT, the closest topic I see is Programming - and even that's very distantly related.
If we had a "Benchmarking" forum, that's the only thing I'd consider merging into Distributed Computing. Prime95, in particular, falls in both categories. They're also both all about the stats.
Change Requested: Allow users to designate their own custom user titles
Why: It is currently possible but no means of 'earning' it is listed
Change Requested: Bans limited to one year except for spammers
Why: People change, perspectives change, tempers calm down. I've lost a number of people that I consider friends because of the permanent banning policy.
Change Requested: Paid moderation
Why: When someone is paid to do the job they become servants of the community; there is no "respect" due to them, as moderation is their job, not labor they are giving away.
Change requested: Ability to have a temporary/different forum handle for L&R
Why: Over the (nearly) decades we've all gotten to know each other quite well; If I say on L&R "My wife cheated on me" someone could figure out who I am and it could cause her problems.
Change requested: A legitimate means of reporting a moderator for abuse which gets to the ears of someone interested in retaining membership
Why: Procedural justice, the sense that the way we do things is fair for everyone, is essential to maintaining a general sense of openness and fairness.
With this many people, there should be some sort of mission for the forums; a vision for where it is going; and a set of values that it adheres to. Further it should be run more strategically: New products should be introduced that meet current needs/demands; and people who use the forum for something unexpected should not be repressed but seen as bringing an opportunity to serve a new market.