Alert When Somebody Starts A New Thread

[mama africa]

I got 2 alerts today to inform me that 2 different people had started a new thread. I never got this kind of message before and I prefer not to receive them in the future. I looked at my settings (preferences for alert) and everything looks normal. How can I block this messages ?

 

[Columbine]

Are you 'following' these people? If you are, I'm guessing that's why you got the alerts. I don't know much about the following system as I don't use it. All I can think of is to 'un-follow' them. That should stop it.

Hopefully someone with more experience with that feature will chime in with more information for you

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

Are you 'following' these people? If you are, I'm guessing that's why you got the alerts. I don't know much about the following system as I don't use it. All I can think of is to 'un-follow' them. That should stop it.

Hopefully someone with more experience with that feature will chime in with more information for you

The old platform's main "Following" features don't seem to apply completely to the new platform.

Resolved - Follow Feature - Did It Fully Survive Migration?

You don't get alerts when people you Follow make a post. Just their avatar shows up for you when you are in a logged-in state on TCS (so that you simply know that they are online at the same time you are).

One further thing I think also happens (beyond what's mentioned in the link above --and a tech or mod can check this for me??--)... is that if someone you Follow either is "Ignoring" or blocking you, and/or (??) has their online state as not being visible to other members when logged in, I don't think that person's avatar image shows up for you -- even though you might Follow them.

 

[mama africa]

Are you 'following' these people? If you are, I'm guessing that's why you got the alerts. I don't know much about the following system as I don't use it. All I can think of is to 'un-follow' them. That should stop it.

Hopefully someone with more experience with that feature will chime in with more information for you

No I'm not following them. That's why it surprised me. Thanks for the suggestion...

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

Was your username "mentioned" in the posts?

Or maybe you are "watching" (as a browsing preference) one of the categories that the thread(s) were posted in? One of the choices is "Automatically watch categories that you add media to", so maybe you added a photo or video to a certain category and so it sent you an alert when others posted in that category?

 

[mama africa]

The old platform's main "Following" features don't seem to apply completely to the new platform.

Resolved - Follow Feature - Did It Fully Survive Migration?

You don't get alerts when people you Follow make a post. Just their avatar shows up for you when you are in a logged-in state on TCS (so that you simply know that they are online at the same time you are).

One further thing I think also happens (beyond what's mentioned in the link above --and a tech or mod can check this for me??--)... is that if someone you Follow either is "Ignoring" or blocking you, and/or (??) has their online state as not being visible to other members when logged in, I don't think that person's avatar image shows up for you -- even though you might Follow them.

I don't follow anyone of TCS, so nobody can ignore or block me. Well...it's not the end of the world.. Ii'll wait and see. thanks for the suggestion.

 

[mama africa]

Was your username "mentioned" in the posts?

Or maybe you are "watching" (as a browsing preference) one of the categories that the thread(s) were posted in? One of the choices is "Automatically watch categories that you add media to", so maybe you added a photo or video to a certain category and so it sent you an alert when others posted in that category?

Hi PushPurrCatPaws
My Username was not mentioned in the posts.
Where can I find the option 'Automatically watch categories that you add media to ?'

 

[AbbysMom]

Can you take a screenshot of the alerts and send them to me?

 

[mama africa]

 

[AbbysMom]

Ok, try going into the thread -

What Breed Are These Adorable Kittens

On the right above the first post does it say "Watch thread" or "Unwatch thread" ?

 

[mama africa]

It says Watch Thread.

 

[AbbysMom]

Well that's weird. I can't explain this one. I'll have to have someone else look at it.

 

[AbbysMom]

No, I've got one more question. If you go to the forum -

Describing Cats - What Does My Cat Look Like?

On the right above the first thread, does it say watch forum or unwatch forum?

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

That's what I was wondering, too. Are Forums or sub-forums considered "categories"?

 

[mama africa]

Unwatch Forum...

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

Hi PushPurrCatPaws
...
Where can I find the option 'Automatically watch categories that you add media to ?'

At the top under the link for "mama africa", looking for the section called, "Preferences". Clicking that will taking you to a page called, "Browsing Preferences". Look through those toggle boxes to see if you've toggled the ones you want. Click Save Changes if you make changes.

But I really don't know if this will help your specific problem. I was just theorizing.

 

[AbbysMom]

Unwatch Forum...

We figured it out! Click unwatch forum and you should be all set. You must have accidentally clicked it at one point.

 

[Columbine]

Well, it looks like you'd (possibly imadvertantly) watched that forum. Click 'Unwatch forum'. Hopefully that'll resolve the issue

 

[mama africa]

At the top under the link for "mama africa", looking for the section called, "Preferences". Clicking that will taking you to a page called, "Browsing Preferences". Look through those toggle boxes to see if you've toggled the ones you want. Click Save Changes if you make changes.

But I really don't know if this will help your specific problem. I was just theorizing.

yeah, found it ! But I continue receiving alerts for new messages on these 2 new threads.

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

As the more wise posters above mentioned, try clicking "Unwatch Forum" on the "Describing Cats - etc" link, and you might feel relief from the alerts?