NOT NOTIFIED WHEN I RECEIVE A REPLY TO MY COMMENTS.

You need to tick the box in preferences that states if you want to be notified when there is a comment on your thread.

Where is the preference box please as I cannot see anything that states Account details.

Scroll down to my gransnet, preferences, email notifications.

I really don’t get why anyone would want a load of emails. I’d totally hate that. Guess we are all different.

What is the point of commenting when you do not know when someone replies to you. Or why would people want to comment if you do not want to read their replies. Whether I want a lot of emails is entirely my choice. Thank you.

I did that, clicked on My gransnet and although it shows my email address there is nothing listed that states tick on email address to receive notifications. I may have to go to the management about this.

When I have made a contribution I am interested enough in how other people are commenting to take a look later at the thread, whether or not there is a direct reply to my latest comment. If there is, I may respond to the reply. If not, there is usually another relevant post, or more, to read.

If you don't return to see how the conversation is going without any notification, perhaps you are just not that interested in the rest of the discussion, just your own corner of it?

I agree Elegran.

I always look at the thread I have commented on myself to see if people are interested in my comment, or more likely not 😂why would I want emails clogging up my box
Do you mean you are only interested in what YOU said not what others think or the whole gist of the thread
Good luck with the management

Also your title of the thread is a bit shouty

If you can’t find the preference box, just click on the ‘watch this thread’ box in orange on the right hand side at the top of each thread. You’ll then get a notification each time anyone comments.

No one said it wasn’t your choice, TurtleDove. What I said was that I would hate that but we are all different. You are different,that’s all. Certainly no offence meant .

If you bookmark your own posts (click on bottom right of your post), then when you log on again click on to I'm On, you can then read the thread from where you last posted and check to see if anyone has responded.

Or if they even read your posts - I posted a fact today and about three posters subsequently posted the same thing so obviously didn't read mine 😁

I rarely look at my emails (even if I get any).

I use a different email address for SM from the one I use regularly, so I wouldn't see a message saying that someone had replied anyway. As others have said, though, if I'm interested enough to reply to a thread I'm interested enough to return to it and engage with any replies or further comments.

I'm not sure the management will be interested, but you never know.

The two Rons.

Doodledog

I use a different email address for SM from the one I use regularly, so I wouldn't see a message saying that someone had replied anyway. As others have said, though, if I'm interested enough to reply to a thread I'm interested enough to return to it and engage with any replies or further comments.

I'm not sure the management will be interested, but you never know.

Can't even get the management to delete spam posts!

Ars they too busy eating 🎂 ?

yes, there is a reason you are not notified!
It is to keep you looking in on the site and scrolling to see for yourself any replies! otherwise they would lose posters.

that's my theory anyway.

I prefer to read the whole thread of something that is of interest to me. I have learnt many things from this and, for me, this is one of the functions of GN. Do you not want to do this, Turtledove ?

nanna8

I really don’t get why anyone would want a load of emails. I’d totally hate that. Guess we are all different.

Otherwise it's like having a one sided conversation. It's nice to see whether anyone agrees with you or has a totally different perspective which may make you think differently about a subject.

If you've posted a question about a specific issue (what vacuum cleaner to buy for example) surely you want to see the answers?

It can also be gratifying to know that you've made a connection with someone if, like me, you live alone.

You're highly unlikely to be bombarded with emails. At best you may get one or two replies but more often than not it's nothing at all.

TurtleDove

I find the notifications you are talking about extremely useful on other sites.

Those where I have found it particularly helpful are where people are asking for or giving advice on specific topics (as opposed to general chat) - things like hobbies.

On those, it is very common for replies to keep coming intermittently for ever more, not just have a short, sharp burst as so many threads do here on Gransnet. It would be impossible to keep checking back regularly through every thread you have ever posted on to see if anyone has asked you a follow-up question or left you a useful reply, so notifications of a reply to a post you made are great.

While Gransnet is more 'chatty' than some of the sites I am referring to, there are definitely some threads / topics that follow a similar pattern and where that notification would be equally helpful.

flappergirl

nanna8

I really don’t get why anyone would want a load of emails. I’d totally hate that. Guess we are all different.

Otherwise it's like having a one sided conversation. It's nice to see whether anyone agrees with you or has a totally different perspective which may make you think differently about a subject.

If you've posted a question about a specific issue (what vacuum cleaner to buy for example) surely you want to see the answers?

It can also be gratifying to know that you've made a connection with someone if, like me, you live alone.

You're highly unlikely to be bombarded with emails. At best you may get one or two replies but more often than not it's nothing at all.

But you can do all that just by reading the thread. Not getting notifications doesn't stop you from seeing any answers. I'm a bit baffled by why someone only wants to read if there are replies to their own comments, but obviously it's up to them if they want to.

When I do check my SM email address (rarely) it is full of notifications - it would drive me mad if they all clogged up my main account. It's not just direct replies to your posts (I think they only show if the poster has quoted your post) but posts on threads you have posted on, private messages, posts on watched threads and so on, depending on your settings. It mounts up if you are a regular user.

For info - if you click on 'I'm on' under the heading 'Gransnet Forums' you can find all the threads containing your comments. If you want to know if there are replies to your posts you can scroll until you find your post(s), which are highlighted in pink, and then look from there to see if anyone has replied .

But how long do you keep going back to check for new posts on threads that you previously posted on, Doodledog?

What I love about notifications telling me that someone has replied to one of my posts , on sites that use them, is that I have had really helpful replies to some issue that I had mentioned months earlier, long after I have stopped checking the relevant thread(s).

I suppose I am influenced by the fact that those particular sites were really nice and friendy, and so were all the replies. Gransnet still has a friendly side but is becoming increasingly snippy too, so on reflexion, I suppose I can see how it might not be quite as good a thing to have on here - it wouldnt be such a good thing to be alerted to a belated post if it turns out to be unpleasant or from a spammer!

I dont always look back.
I do feel a bit guilty as I may miss things sometimes.
I do though, if I have started a thread myself.

But I certainly would not want to look up emails to check on things, personally.

Callistemon21

If you bookmark your own posts (click on bottom right of your post), then when you log on again click on to I'm On, you can then read the thread from where you last posted and check to see if anyone has responded.

Or if they even read your posts - I posted a fact today and about three posters subsequently posted the same thing so obviously didn't read mine 😁

I rarely look at my emails (even if I get any).

I think there are many,many people who don’t read posts, and just want to have their say, without seeing what others think, as I often see answers being given which have been given already, or posts beginning ‘my three year old grandson’, then someone asks how old he is.