dw_suggestions | Tag based opt out for email subscriptions

Title:
Tag based opt out for email subscriptions

Area:
subscriptions/ESN

Summary:
Allow notification subscription for all posts by a person EXCEPT those tagged [whatever]

Description:
When I add someone to my reading page, or to a reading filter, I can add all their posts, all their posts with a specific tag, or all their posts except those with a specific tag.

If I clicky the little bell icon I can subscribe by email/inbox to all posts by a user, or all posts with a specific tag. I would like to be able to subscribe to all posts by someone except those with a specific tag.

I moved across the country to live with miss_s_b. Pretty much since we met, we've both subscribed to be told of any entries made by the other immediately. This is useful to us, even if we're both sat on the sofa with laptops open. However, she also uses AndrewDucker's automated link post script to compile her delicious links daily. I like reading her link posts, but I'll read them from my reading page as I do for other people's. I want to know when she posts something substantive immediately, not when she posts a link roundup. Clearing my email today I realise I've stopped reading the email notifications as many of them are links to the roundup not an actual post, making them less useful.

Ergo, I would like to exclude those posts from my subscriptions. Given this functionality exists in other areas I think this is a natural expansion and I hope it's an easy one for someone to code.

In the meantime I'm setting up a gmail filter to delete them, but it'd be good to not need to, and I'd hope reduce server load.

Poll #10624 Tag based opt out for email subscriptions

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 41

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Should be implemented as-is.
29 (70.7%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
12 (29.3%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Tag based opt out for email subscriptions

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