New Notifications Features

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   Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years ago

   Today I am happy to announce a few new features in how HubPages handles Notifications.  These changes are designed to improve the experience of all users on Hubpages.
     * All new notifications settings are now handled from the email settings page.
     * You can determine the behavior that HubPages takes when you new content is created on Hubs that you follow, Questions that you follow, and Forum topics that you follow.
     * Currently we do our best to determine when you should be contacted about new content (such as a new comment on a Hub, a new Answer to a question, or a new Post to a forum topic).  This is the "auto" choice.  You can also choose to be always, or never, notified of new content.
     * Today we are also unveiling a new feature: the Notifications Digest.  The digest will be sent out once a day, and will include a summary of all of your notifications for the day in one email.
     * Lastly, we are releasing a "Vacation" setting.  If you select this, then HubPages will not send you any notification emails until you uncheck the box.
   
   We hope that you enjoy these new features!

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      sarovaiposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Good. I Welcome this new features.

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      Bendo13posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I keep getting emails I don't want even though I set it to never email me about them.
      
      And now it won't let me go edit my settings.
      I tried on IE9 and Firefox and it just shows me the gray background after I put in my secret answer.
      
      I'm sure this will be buggy at first but it doesn't work for me at all.
      Sends me stuff I told it not to... for the past two days.
      And I can't even go in and edit it now.

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      sarovaiposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thank u for the continual improvements in hubpages. Credit goes to one and all in the hubpages team.

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   Aficionadaposted 11 years ago

   Well done, Ari!  This is amazing, and I hope it works exactly as promised.  I'm looking forward to trying it out right away.

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   Gordon Hamiltonposted 11 years ago

   I just received one of these e-mails and wondered what it was all about. Glad this post was here. Thanks for the quick update and it sounds like a great system.

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   Simone Smithposted 11 years ago

   I'm such a huge fan of this update.  Thanks a ton Ari!  It's awesome!!!

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   Peggy Wposted 11 years ago

   Will go and check my email right now.  The vacation feature is an especially good idea!

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   Wesman Todd Shawposted 11 years ago

   Very nice!

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   tilinaoitaposted 11 years ago

   very well done Ari.

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   FloraBreenRobisonposted 11 years ago

   I love the idea of a way to stop notifications during a vacation. Not that I have any money for vacations.  But there are times when I'm involved in a festival where I'm ther efor several days all day and night and I  have no time for checking email.  That would certainly help if I could do this was everyone

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   RedElfposted 11 years ago

   Love the vacation feature, and digest is always a good thing

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    K9keystrokesposted 11 years ago

    Ari, outstanding update. It seems you have thought of most everything-- the vacation feature is brilliant. Thanks for your hard work.

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    celebritieposted 11 years ago

    Great Idea, Thanks!

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    Aficionadaposted 11 years ago

    Ari, are the E-mail settings and Digest settings paired in a specific way?  I wanted to leave Digest set to "Always" and E-mail to "Never," but after I saved the changes, all of the E-mail buttons showed up as "Auto."  Is that supposed to happen?  (I tried it a couple of different ways with the same result.)

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       Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       Aficionada,
       
       I am not sure why you were unable to make this change, but I have gone ahead and made it for you.  Can you take a look at your new settings and confirm that they are now set up to achieve what you want?
       
       Ari

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          Aficionadaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          I just now checked, and it looks perfect!  Thank you.
          
          I think maybe my browser was just tired.  Working too hard or something.

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          Karandaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          I'm having the same problem Ari. It would be great to get a digest rather than individual e-mails but when I change and save the settings it reverts back to auto on the e-mail buttons.

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             Ari Lamsteinposted 11 years agoin reply to this

             What browser and version are you using?
             
             Also, what operating system and version are you using?

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                Karandaposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                Internet Explorer 9 with Windows 7.

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    Rosie2010posted 11 years ago

    Ari, I just got an email notification digest today, and I thought it was awesome.  I love it!  Thanks

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       FloraBreenRobisonposted 11 years agoin reply to this

       so did I!  Love it

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          cardeleanposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          Ditto!

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    Just Ask Susanposted 11 years ago

    I just received mine. This is awesome, thanks so much!

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    Rafiniposted 11 years ago

    I'll have to try this - thanks for letting us know.

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    ferris102posted 11 years ago

    thanks.. awesome to know.. great job guys!

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