Notifications

[idlerat]

I didn't want my DW inbox to keep filling up with comment notifications, so I reset my notifications preference. I still wanted comment notifications in my email, and the "notifications" preferences thingy only mentioned DW inbox, so I thought I'd still get them. But then I realized that I had missed at least one comment, which didn't show up in my email, so I changed back.

Is there a way to get comment notifications in email but not in DW inbox? Because I would rather save that for circle updates and personal messages and so on- I think of comments as part of my general correspondence, not DW business.

Thanks everyone and good luck this week!

(I meant to post this here and posted to dream_chasers by mistake - sorry!)

ETA: For those driving by, the answer to the question is "No, it's not possible due to site architecture." In other words, to get comment notifications, leave the preference turned on in Manage Account. There is a built-in filter in the Inbox to let you separate comment notifications from circle updates and messages. Thanks to DW folks, again.

Comments

[wychwood]

I've definitely seen people talking about this. I think that at present there isn't, but they're hoping to code it so that you can, at least, get comment notifications on DW marked automatically as read, or something.

[idlerat]

Cool - thanks for the answer.

[flick]

(Dear, lovely, DW people: this is not a nag!)

Any idea when it's going to be done?

[adalger]

There doesn't appear to be any way to set this up. You may want to bring this up (or see if it's already been brought up) in dw_suggestions or dw_coolhunters.

[idlerat]

Will do - thanks!

[zvi]

It's not necessary, this is a known issue.

[zvi]

Because of the way the notifications system works, it is not possible.

However, there is a plan to allow for rules-based management of the inbox. Among the rules one could have would be "automatically delete message type X"

[idlerat]

Aha! Ok.

It would be good to get this into the documentation, or clarify it on the text of the "notifications" tab in Manage Account, because obviously it works differently at LJ, so people like me might have expectations accordingly.

[azurelunatic]

It worked differently at LJ. Alas. Some people still are on the old system at LJ because they have not changed their comment settings recently, but this is exactly how LJ's current setup works.

[idlerat]

? I don't get comment notifications in my inbox at LJ - the system lags if you don't change your settings?

[azurelunatic]

If you do not get messages in your inbox on LJ, you are still on the old notification system. People who are on the old system will remain on it until they save settings that out them on the new system (or maybe after a while the engineers may switch everyone over; I don't know what the plan is). In the new system, all comments to your own journal go through the inbox.

[idlerat]

Huh! Well, this is what comes of not grooming, improving, or paying that much attention to my LJ since Les evenements de 2007...

:D

[kareila]

It's not currently possible due to the architecture of the notification system. But you can click the inbox link to show just comment notifications and quickly delete all of those, and then whatever's left over will be the stuff you actually want to read.

[idlerat]

Thanks for the tip