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dw_suggestions2009-07-19 01:28 am
allow to track only comments made by specific users in a thread
Title:
allow to track only comments made by specific users in a thread
Area:
comment tracking
Summary:
Currently when you track a comment thread you get notified about all new comments made below the one you tracked. In addition to that general tracking I would love an option to be only notified about further comments from specific users who had commented in said thread before.
Description:
Sometimes I'm only interested in comments by certain people in a thread rather than in all comments. A typical example would be comment fic posted as a WIP in many installments, mixed in with feedback comments from other people.
Currently in order to get updates when a new part of such a story is posted in the comment thread, I also get notifications about all feedback. If there was an option to add a username to the comment tracking, that would allow me to get only the author's comments, reducing the notifications I'm not interested in.
For the feature I imagine something like an extra ticky box on the "Manage Message Settings" page you get when you click the tracking symbol. Under the general option "Someone comments under the thread by User X in entry Y" that tracks all comments there would be the option to subscribe to "User X comments under the thread by User X in entry Y" so that you could subscribe only to further comments by that commenter.
Besides for stories posted in comments that option would also be useful for discussions where you sometimes find contributions by certain people more interesting (or controversial) than other comments and want to track you their comments.
A problem or drawback might be that this option allows to keep closer track of specific people in their comments rather than just through their entry updates, so that might cause trouble if users are harrassed or trolled. However I think because this would be tracking only inside a specific entry or comment thread, it isn't really more invasive than the current tracking options.
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
21 (77.8%)
Should be implemented with changes.
0 (0.0%)
Shouldn't be implemented.
6 (22.2%)
(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)
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