RE:Reply to post - feature switched off

[MerricB]

However, the result, of course, is that forum usage increases again, using up the nice "buffer" created by removing the extraneous software.

Yeah, make the site better and people use it more. All you have to do is do nothing, and the problems will disappear as people abandon ENworld.

I wonder how the WotC servers cope - that must be one amazing system they have there for running the boards.

Cheers!

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Morrus, not trying to flog a dead horse, but I'm rather curious as to how your experiment is going. How do the numbers stack up? Does it look to be permanent?

I myself can really say I’ve seen no changes, but I don’t trust my connection speed while at work, it always seems slower than my dialup connection at home, and by the time I get home I’m not surfing the boards anymore at peak times.

 

[Lela]

There's also been mention of a new server. Any information on that?

(C'mon Morrus, we all know you have nothing better to do than answer my endless and inane questions. )

 

[Olive]

As for sticky threads: nobody reads them.

Although I bet a lot of people read the thread title, and if it said 'thread subscription emails turned off', then it would be enough. Regardless, surely more people read them than read emails that enver got there.

 

[Knight Otu]

Also wondering if Morrus sent otu an email about it, and if so why I didn't get it?!!?

Why would you get the email if he sent it to me?

As far as I can see, I have not received any email about it, but then again, most of the time I only used subscription without mail once it became available. I guess the mail was put into my Notifications folder, where any mail is deleted after three days, and since I've had/still have a few problems with getting online...

 

[AGGEMAM]

Why would you get the email if he sent it to me?

ROFL. Good one, ol' mate.

 

[ledded]

Well, I went several days before I realized they had been switched off, I even went and deleted a lot of my old subscriptions before I finally wandered over here and slapped my head with a big "Doh!" for not figuring it out sooner.

I love the email subscriptions; I don't have the time to always spend just navigating in hopes that something I'm interested in has been updated or replied to. As a result, I only usually jump on the boards to cruise around every few days or so (evidenced by my lack of realization that it was turned off on purpose).

But, realistically, if they are hurting the boards then something has to change, more power to the admins for whatever solution they deem necessary.

I wish we could keep it *just* for Story Hours at the very least. There is usually such a lag between actual story posts that I scan the emails and often dont jump on the boards unless there is a flurry of posts or a big story update.

 

[dpdx]

I wish we could keep it *just* for Story Hours at the very least. There is usually such a lag between actual story posts that I scan the emails and often dont jump on the boards unless there is a flurry of posts or a big story update.

Sorry, but there's no way it should be just for Story Hours, much as I dig Medallions and the other major SHs.

PbP games and discussions use that feature in a big way, for one. For another, in the Rules and House Rules forum, isn't it the right thing to do when you post a new thread, to subscribe to it?

IMHO, Story Hours are probably near the bottom of the food chain of importancy for subscriptions, even if they're near the top in actual popularity.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Morrus, not trying to flog a dead horse, but I'm rather curious as to how your experiment is going. How do the numbers stack up? Does it look to be permanent?

I myself can really say I’ve seen no changes, but I don’t trust my connection speed while at work, it always seems slower than my dialup connection at home, and by the time I get home I’m not surfing the boards anymore at peak times.

Still looking for some more information on this... :\

 

[Desdichado]

Apparently, the switch off has also disabled the "Report a Post" function. Was that intentional? What's the protocol to report posts without it?