Either that, or a 'subscribe' button in the thread.
Nah -- that wouldn't work. If you use Read New all the time, you won't ever even see the new thread unless you know a new thread is coming and go look for it in either Home or your profile. For my part, I remembered to go hunting for a new Natter this morning, but I frankly have no idea whether the Farscape thread ever got created or not. If it's there, it has never once crossed my radar.
One thought, although it's harder to code, would be a dialogue you'd get the first time you hit Read New after a thread's been added; something like "A new thread (title) (slug) has been created. Do you want to subscribe to it?"
It's there, BTW.
I figured it would be; as a non-Farscape watcher, I've just never made much of an effort to look for it -- but the point is, especially for people who use the Message Center rather than Buffistas Home as their default screen, having to go someplace else to hunt for new threads that may or may not be there isn't a great solution.
See, I like the idea of a subscribe button in the thread, since it wouldn't make you go into the Profile page to subscribe. But it's no big deal.
would it be possible to add a way to be automatically subscribed to new (non-NAFDA, non-spoiler, non-adult) threads?
This would be tricky. It would mean adding a currently non-existent field that says whether a thread falls into any of those categories.
One thought, although it's harder to code, would be a dialogue you'd get the first time you hit Read New after a thread's been added; something like "A new thread (title) (slug) has been created. Do you want to subscribe to it?"
That's a great idea, but you're right that it would be difficult to code. It would mean that for every user, in addition to a list of subscribed threads, there would need to be an associated list of "seen" threads. It would also add processing time --- every time you hit Read New, the server would have to check for a new thread.
How about when a new thread is created, something is automatically posted in Bureaucracy?
Would a simpler solution be to announce it in Press? And assume everyone reads Press? When I am on a time constraint, I always still read Press, Beep Me and Bureacracy.
How about when a new thread is created, something is automatically posted in Bureaucracy?
That would be nifty, but I think it's simple enough for whoever creates the thread to write a quick post in Press.
I do want a subscribe button in every thread, because it seems kind of awkward to notice there's a new thread and have to go into my profile to subscribe to it, rather than in the thread itself.
I do want a subscribe button in every thread, because it seems kind of awkward to notice there's a new thread
But a subscribe button in the thread wouldn't help you notice that it's there - you'd already have to have found it.
New threads don't come up all that often - some of the options mentioned above seem like overkill. I'd vote for a simple announcement in Press. For continuation threads, could we put a link to the new thread in the closing post? Or even a subscribe button for the new one? I think you'd hit those who want to know without bothering everyone else.
