Resolved: get rid of the default "follow" when you comment on a hub.

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   Sally's Troveposted 10 years ago

   I am sick and tired of seeing others' comments to hubs I've commented on show up in my "notifications". They show up because I didn't uncheck the default "follow" when I commented on a hub. This is crazy. Make the default the other way around. If I want to follow a trail of comments, I'm capable of so indicating. You don't have to make that decision for me.
   
   Likewise for the default "follow" on forum threads. It's a friggin annoyance.

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      Randy Godwinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Ditto!
      
      

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         Sally's Troveposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         I love affirmation.

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      Ari Lamsteinposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Sally's Trove,
      
      Last year we announced a feature which allows users to change the default setting of this checkbox:
      
      http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/76467
      
      Our goal with notifications is to allow users to receive as much (and as little!) email from the site as they care to have.  We're sorry if you were receiving more communication from us than you'd like.  But hopefully changing these settings will improve your experience on HubPages.
      
      Ari

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   Shanna11posted 10 years ago

   Seriously. This bugs the snot outta me. I know I can go in and click 'unfollow' but sometimes, even after that, I get updates about things I don't really care about.

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      Sally's Troveposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Well said...never thought about bugging the snot out of me, but, oh, that works so well to put an image on my thoughts. I've got sinus issues from time to time, talk about snot. Perfect!

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   Sally's Troveposted 10 years ago

   Bump.

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   paradigmsearchposted 10 years ago

   Would this work?
   
   http://hubpages.com/my/activity/hubs-following
   
   And for the forums:
   
   http://hubpages.com/my/activity/forum-topics-following

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      Healthy Pursuitsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I think that was a "gotcha".

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         paradigmsearchposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Nope. This is a complicated site. I didn't know about the spam filter for example until we had that spam attack and somebody mentioned it.

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   paradigmsearchposted 10 years ago

   And whatever you do, don't do a google image snot search.

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   relacheposted 10 years ago

   These suggestion have now been acted upon but it looks like no one from admin felt it was necessary to announce it.  You can now choose "follow" or "unfollow" as your defaults.  I found the new setting options early Sunday morning.

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      Sally's Troveposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Oh good. Give me another thing to think about and act on.
      
      Thanks for the info, relache. I never would have found it if it weren't for this thread. So much for timely communication from the team.

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         stephhicks68posted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Yay!  Thank goodness, I agree Sherri, that this should be an option that we select, rather than default!  Best, Steph
         
         p.s.  Same thing with "follow this forum thread." 

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