I’ve had a few people mention that they’re getting comments in their email.
That’s because of this fancy feature:
You may not notice this check box when you submit your comment. It is basically a subscription to the comments on that post. If you are seemingly getting e-mails every time any one posts a comment then you are subscribed to many posts.
When submitting your comment you can chose to be notified of followup comments via e-mail…
Once you’ve submitted a comment and chosen to receive the e-mails you’ll see this for each post that you are subscribed to:
To change your subscriptions simply click the link “Manage your subscriptions.” This takes you to an admin page where you can view all the posts you are subscribed to and un-subscribe to any you don’t want.
If you don’t ever want to subscribe then simply un-check the box when you are submitting your comment.
The advantages to subscribing to comment notification is that many posts have conversations going on within the comments. This is a way to stay involved in the conversation. Especially with older posts that are not right at the top of the front page.
Abby said:
oh geeze, I never noticed that check box bellow. Crazy! Sweet Shawn! Thanks! That’s pretty cool.
Posted on November 22, 2006 at 7:23 am
Nathan said:
Another thing to remember to uncheck! But it’s a smart feature from your perspective - wonder how many people want it defaulted.
Posted on November 22, 2006 at 7:47 am
Burrito ChriS said:
Hey I really like it! Especially when I am trying for 750! It is one more reason I think I will be moving from blogspot soon. I switched to their beta and now I can’t post you tube or google video!
Posted on November 22, 2006 at 8:14 am
Shawn said:
@ Chris -
If you decide to switch to WordPress (which I highly recommend) then you can read step by step instructions here.
Posted on November 22, 2006 at 11:10 am
the other sarah said:
Shawn, I like having the comment notification feature as an option, but I keep forgetting to uncheck it! I don’t know if you can change the default settings, but my vote would be to have it “unchecked” unless selected by the commenter.
Posted on November 22, 2006 at 11:23 am
Anna said:
I second Sarah’s vote. Have it unchecked unless you check it.
Posted on November 22, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Anna said:
See? In writing that last comment I forgot to uncheck it! Ugh! Now I’m going to get an email about this…
Posted on November 22, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Shawn said:
If it makes you feel better I get an e-mail every time anybody leaves a comment anywhere.
As stated above you can edit your subscriptions:
If you click on the “manage my subscriptions” link at the bottom of a post you are subscribed to you can de-select any posts you don’t want to get email updates for.
Posted on November 22, 2006 at 12:52 pm
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