I know this was brought up before but....

03/06/2015 10:39:25 AM · #1

We really need a way to notify people when we tag them in our comments. Similar to how it works on Facebook. For instance if I comment on a forum post or comment on an image and tag the memeber

vawendy she should get a notification via email that she was mentioned in a post or a comment.

I just went through my comments and realized I had missed about 10 for a side challenge I had done in January. Now 2 months later there is really no way to answer those comments because if I answer them back on my photo there is no way for them to know that I did. I doubt at this point they will go back and check. I realize I could just PM them but that still leaves the comment unanswered on my photo. So it will appear that I never answered the question.

I realize the fact that I never saw the comments is my fault. I had that box unchecked in my preferences. I have it fixed now and when I get a comment on an image I will receive an email. So that will help. But it still doesn't help when someone responds to a comment on their own image. For instance if I was to comment on

vawendy's photo and then she had a counter question to my comment I might never see that comment unless I thought to check back. But if she tagged me and that tag sent a notification to my email I would know to respond to her comment.

Is the get satisfaction page still operational? Do people still use it? This is something I would really like to see changed. I know others would too since I remember someone I think it was Wendy started a thread on it awhile ago. I am horrible at finding old threads though.

So sorry if you are someone reading this thread and I failed to question you posted. I will try to go back and answer them all today.

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03/06/2015 10:55:24 AM · #2

Wow this got buried fast, I guess mike really wants to see some better challenge topics. bumping this after only a few minutes :)

Lydia

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03/06/2015 11:05:00 AM · #3

Why do you want to talk to Wendy so much? :D

03/06/2015 11:06:24 AM · #4

i agree, i never know when i get comments on images.

Tiny

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03/06/2015 11:08:07 AM · #5

Originally posted by Lydia:

Why do you want to talk to Wendy so much? :D

I hear it has something to do with changing a light bulb. :)

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03/06/2015 11:12:50 AM · #6

Originally posted by Tiny:

Originally posted by Lydia:
Why do you want to talk to Wendy so much? :D

I hear it has something to do with changing a light bulb. :)

that was perfect. i have nothing to add.

primabarbara

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03/06/2015 11:36:54 AM · #7

That sounds like a clever idea to me - a notification system not only for comments on pictures
There are threads which have 168 pages or more and as a newbie I wonder how somebody might find out that he or she is mentioned (f.e. Top Challenge picks that failed to make the Top 20)
Maybe I just haven't found out how to deal intelligently with the thread system

smardaz

03/06/2015 11:38:52 AM · #8

I think it's an awesome idea but, then again, you are talking about making a change to the site......soooooooooooo

tanguera

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03/06/2015 11:44:02 AM · #9

Yes, it's been discussed previously. Perhaps this time it will gain some traction

03/06/2015 11:45:32 AM · #10

Originally posted by tanguera:

Yes, it's been discussed previously. Perhaps this time it will gain some traction

good one, i almost spit out my coffee.

03/06/2015 11:50:29 AM · #11

Originally posted by Lydia:

Why do you want to talk to Wendy so much? :D

Ha ha! just the only member I could think of right off hand. Plus who wouldn't want to talk to wendy?

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03/06/2015 11:56:06 AM · #12

Originally posted by primabarbara:

exactly unless you are checking every thread every hour you would never know. Sometimes threads get buried so quickly. Case in point this morning Mike buried mine in just a few minutes with his challenge suggestions.

Also a week or so ago I mention

oboy in a comment. Luckily he checks in on the stock threads so he saw it. Otherwise he would have never known I mentioned him in my post.

Of course as Mike and others mentioned changes to the site are very rare. I just wish the "get satisfaction" page worked the way it was intended to. Now we can't post to the site suggestions section of the forums and the "get satifaction" site is no longer working as intended. So where do we go to get things changed?

Message edited by author 2015-03-06 11:56:43.

Cory

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03/06/2015 12:13:37 PM · #13

Google alerts.

Set a search string for "username" AND site:dpchallenge.com AND inurl:forum.php

Mine would look like this:
"Cory" AND site:dpchallenge.com AND inurl:forum.php

I guess I should set that up myself.

You could just as easily omit the inurl:forum.php part to give you results from the entire site - or could could change it to image.php for image comments with your name on it.

Message edited by author 2015-03-06 12:16:14.

03/06/2015 01:02:46 PM · #14

Originally posted by Cory:

So would this send a notification to my gmail account? Or do I have to set something up with google alerts. I have never heard of google alerts. Tell me more about it.

https://support.google.com/alerts/topic/3246333?hl=en&ref_topic=3246446

03/06/2015 01:21:04 PM · #15