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New feature: Subscribe to deal or question without posting?

Apr 4, 2012 9:13 AM

i just noticed this today, you can now subscribe to a deal thread or a question thread WITHOUT adding a comment. before you had to add a comment or "answer" and check the "Email me when someone else adds a comment" checkbox

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i remember this was a suggestion that was asked for in these very threads :) (forget by who but i believe more than 1 person wanted it)

you can even unsubscribe when you get tired of stalking the thread.
What do you think? awesome, meh, or yuck?

w00tgurl w00tgurl

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This is great. I really like this feature. Thanks for noticing it and telling us about it.

cengland0 cengland0
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I didn't think this was new...hasn't that button sat next to the tattle button?

Maybe I'm imagining things... @w00tgurl is probably more observant than I am...

okham okham
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I think that's been around for a while...

lobstrain lobstrain
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It's been around for a while, yeah. Still useful though!

thedogma thedogma
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@cengland0: I had never noticed it either

klozitshoper klozitshoper
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What is "A While"??? The time scale changes frequently here in the Deals.woot universe...

hobbitss hobbitss
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@hobbitss: At least a few months, I think. My brain keeps telling me to say "It's been here for a while" but answering "How long is a while" with "a while" strikes me as being less than helpful.

Definitely at least a couple months, though. Almost certainly longer.

thedogma thedogma
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Agree that it's been here for at least a couple of months...I'd say 4 or 5, maybe more. Have used it when I find the question interesting & want to know what others are saying. Even if I have nothing to offer when I subscribe, I might have a brilliant answer later. ;-)

gmwhit gmwhit
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@thedogma: I usually see or become aware of changes but this one seems to have eluded me as my only recollection of it is noticing something next to the Tattle Link but not looking at it....

hobbitss hobbitss

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