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Re: A few ideas [message #18485 is a reply to message #18484]

Tue, 25 May 2004 04:45

Andrew_B

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>Getting just the replies to your messages is not possible. But I believe that unread + subscribed mostly fulfills that goal

Well, yes, I agree. It fills the goal in some ways. But here is why I suggest it anyway. In a busy forum there is not always time to read all new messages, even in subscribed topics. In these cases, it is very helpful to quickly get to direct replies, in case there are follow-up support answers needed. Also, sometimes a person will drop out of a thread, thinking they no longer need to follow it. Then, a few weeks later, someone will ask a question in that thread. But the recipient will still be notified, because he is set to be notified when any message is a reply to one of his.

This is also a very useful feature in community forums where one of the goals is to promote discussion. Because seeing an annoucement that people have written messages to you can be more engaging. And it encourages people to respond, because it is more personal.

Anyway, it is not always easy to explain, but having lived in forums that had this, I could see it working very well. And it would not be that hard to add. Probably a subselect statement within a select statement would do it, then feed this to a display method you already have. Same goes for searching for only replies to a user.

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		A few ideas By: Andrew_B on Sun, 23 May 2004 21:11
		Re: A few ideas By: Ilia on Mon, 24 May 2004 15:26
		Re: A few ideas By: Andrew_B on Tue, 25 May 2004 02:00
		Re: A few ideas By: Ilia on Tue, 25 May 2004 03:30
		Re: A few ideas By: Andrew_B on Tue, 25 May 2004 04:45
		Re: A few ideas By: Ilia on Tue, 25 May 2004 13:47
		Re: A few ideas By: Andrew_B on Wed, 26 May 2004 00:15

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