NEW - email notifications of new posts on a thread Im on.

Actually its more than a few...I've just hit 25 ! Its infuriating argh.......

Iwould also be interested to know how to turn it off
It is completely unnecessary as there are watching and I'm on buttons at the bottom of the GN screen

This is a feature on MN

Well its featuring highly on my hit list so far Cherry . Its totally unnecessary in my opinion.

We can't have a like button but we can have a zillion emails? ARGHHHHHHHHHH

Same problem.

Blame the owners. They want a bigger footfall, ergo more money.
Greedy beggars

I have never had one of these notifications. Is it for the select few?

Didn't a large number of Gransnetters request being able to change username?
How's it going with that one?

Well said FarNorth. And haven't a large number of Gransnetters repeatedly requested a like button? I haven't seen any requests on the forums for an email notification when someone adds to a thread I'm on. Or were all these requests made privately?

So who requested it and where?
Whoever it was will be regretting it now.

You can't change it off by going on preferences. That was just trying to fob us off.

Around 80% were in favour of being able to change username.

Username change, at will, is one that Mumsnet has as well so should be easy to carry across.

Having to make special requests is not easy.

I subscribed by following the link at the bottom of the email - fingers crossed it works.

It's a real shame about the Like button though. It would be at the top of my list of changes.

Hi Lucy!!

Ive tried that on my laptop and one link lets me deselect threads I'm on - that would solve the problem but would also mean I count use the threads I'm on link on the site that IS useful.

The other link lets me change how I view the threads in terms of numbers displayed per page .

So , I couldn't see a way to say please stop sending lots of emails :-) of course I could stop posting and that would solve it

Lucy the Preferences page doesn't mention email notifications.

Agree FarNorth it was 80% plus last time I viewed that particular thread.

I also agree that it should be easy to carry across from MN.

Making a special request to HQ is not instantaneous.
If a GNers requires some advice or support and wishes/needs to remain anonymous the time delay may be an issue.

I managed to stop the alerts (I think!) by going to the bottom of the email, to the part that says

Turn off these notifications?

Talk Preferences

and unsubscribe.

My inbox was full of alerts, it was driving me nuts.

Lucy a Like button is something discussed again just this week this thread

Gransnet makes me feel lonely

and I mentioned starting a thread as a petition to show how much support there is for a button. If we did that and it got a lot of support, would that help the owners rethink the idea?

I'm on Mumsnet and can't see a Like button. Where is it on a post?

OK - I am obviously dense - did as you said Marydoll and there are only 4 options

Reading direction:
Messages per page
Display bookmark links:
Automatically watch:

I can change any of those but nothing says unsubscribe?

I'm on my laptop - are you on a mobile device?

No need for a like button. It's pretty obvious who likes who.

Well so far I have had no email notifications about threads I'm on . Anyone else unpopular like me?