Missing alerts.....

[Just smiffy]

I seem to be not getting some alerts, if I’m watching a thread or have made a reply I seem to get most but on some I don’t.... I’m in a rally thread but didn’t get any alerts even when they quoted my user name...? But I did get an alert that another funster replied to the tread today but several pages and a few days had gone by..... hence missing some important info to me....

Anyone else had this problem...?

 

[Barclaybasher]

I seem to be not getting some alerts, if I’m watching a thread or have made a reply I seem to get most but on some I don’t.... I’m in a rally thread but didn’t get any alerts even when they quoted my user name...? But I did get an alert that another funster replied to the tread today but several pages and a few days had gone by..... hence missing some important info to me....

Anyone else had this problem...?

Yep.......seem a bit 'random'

 

[movan]

Yes ... I now click on Show All and often finf there are several thst did not show. I feel bad as some sre Quote posts and I have not acknowledged them .

I don't know but THINK the problem could be that when we log off, we don't actually log off straight away so any alerts that occur do not appear automatically when we next log on.

Hope you understand what I meant ... doh.

 

[Barclaybasher]

Yes ... I now click on Show All and often finf there are several thst did not show. I feel bad as some sre Quote posts and I have not acknowledged them .

I don't know but THINK the problem could be that when we log off, we don't actually log off straight away so any alerts that occur do not appear automatically when we next log on.

Hope you understand what I meant ... doh.

Nope

 

[Anthea M]

Yes ... I now click on Show All and often finf there are several thst did not show. I feel bad as some sre Quote posts and I have not acknowledged them .

I don't know but THINK the problem could be that when we log off, we don't actually log off straight away so any alerts that occur do not appear automatically when we next log on.

Hope you understand what I meant ... doh.

I never log off and it happens to me too.

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[movan]

What I meant was that when we log off at our end, we seem to stay logged on at Jim's end for a little while...

If you ever log off by accident and then go to log on again you are ALREADY logged on ....... and I give up ... I need a cup of tea....

 

[Jim]

When you log off, you are off. When you come back cookie remembers you and logs you in in a nano second. It might appear that you were on but you were off. Is the fridge light on with the door shut?

Re the alerts, you only get one, we don't alert you to every message. So you get one alert for new content, you'll get no more till you revisit

 

[Just smiffy]

When you log off, you are off. When you come back cookie remembers you and logs you in in a nano second. It might appear that you were on but you were off. Is the fridge light on with the door shut?

Re the alerts, you only get one, we don't alert you to every message. So you get one alert for new content, you'll get no more till you revisit

I had an idea that was the case...

Anyway it’s cold in this fridge and my lights still on........ dam.....

 

[movan]

When you log off, you are off. When you come back cookie remembers you and logs you in in a nano second. It might appear that you were on but you were off. Is the fridge light on with the door shut?

Re the alerts, you only get one, we don't alert you to every message. So you get one alert for new content, you'll get no more till you revisit

I'm just glad that some cookie remembers me. Would like to meet him some day ...

 

[Lenny HB]

Always found the alerts very iffy, sometimes feel embaressed as I've not followed up on a thread because I didn't know there had been further posts due to no alerts.

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[Barclaybasher]

I'm just glad that some cookie remembers me. Would like to meet him some day ...

77 Sunset Strip

 

[Jim]

Always found the alerts very iffy, sometimes feel embaressed as I've not followed up on a thread because I didn't know there had been further posts due to no alerts.

You need to make sure you follow up each alert. We sent you 32 alerts yesterday. Remember, if there are say 6 alerts waiting, once you have opened that alert box they are all deactivated and from then on you wont get further alerts until you visit. So we are sending them, you are getting them, but if you do not visit the thread once sent, rightly we won't send you any more and you'll miss content.

 

[Podney]

I’m seldom alert. Too much effort. Relax but don’t snore is my advice.

 

[DavidG58]

You need to make sure you follow up each alert. We sent you 32 alerts yesterday. Remember, if there are say 6 alerts waiting, once you have opened that alert box they are all deactivated and from then on you wont get further alerts until you visit. So we are sending them, you are getting them, but if you do not visit the thread once sent, rightly we won't send you any more and you'll miss content.

am I right that they are still included in the 'view all' option? they seem to be, I use that a lot to be sure not to miss acknowledging replies

 

[Jim]

am I right that they are still included in the 'view all' option? they seem to be, I use that a lot to be sure not to miss acknowledging replies

Yes, because we don't make you acknowledge every alert, if you log in and there are ten waiting, all those alerts are silences at once. You should use the view all, and visit the threads, otherwise you'll get no more

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[Lenny HB]

You need to make sure you follow up each alert. We sent you 32 alerts yesterday. Remember, if there are say 6 alerts waiting, once you have opened that alert box they are all deactivated and from then on you wont get further alerts until you visit. So we are sending them, you are getting them, but if you do not visit the thread once sent, rightly we won't send you any more and you'll miss content.

Hi Jim, I fully understand how it works it just that it throws wobblies on certain threads. One of Robert Clark's travel threads earlier in the year I received alerts the first couple of days and then no alerts for several days then when I got one and looked at the thread there had been dozens of posts over the previous few days and it kept happening on that thread.
With the forum being so successful with such a large number of posts and new threads daily it's just not practical to bookmark every thread that is of interest so I tend rely on alerts.

 

[Jim]

Hi Jim, I fully understand how it works it just that it throws wobblies on certain threads. One of Robert Clark's travel threads earlier in the year I received alerts the first couple of days and then no alerts for several days then when I got one and looked at the thread there had been dozens of posts over the previous few days and it kept happening on that thread.
With the forum being so successful with such a large number of posts and new threads daily it's just not practical to bookmark every thread that is of interest so I tend rely on alerts.

Strange behaviour, I've never experienced it. let me know if you notice it again.

I should say that every single time that this has been reported in the the past, its been down to a missed alert, if you miss it, you won't get another. And like you say, this is a busy place so its easy to miss a particular alert among a bunch of others that include thanks and quotes etc

 

[Vanman]

I have noticed this too, it's quite deliberate. If you log in just to quickly check something, view and/or ignore your Alerts and the threads don't forgive you ... there's no more alerts on those threads until you've visited them again. The Photo of the day thread I only visit when I have time to enjoy them, but it stops alerting me as soon as I miss one and starts again - but one only, once I've visited it

 

[Lenny HB]

That's true hardly ever see photo of the day thread alerts nowdays.

 

[Lenny HB]

@Jim , there has been a post on this thread this morning but no alert received.

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[Vanman]

@Jim , there has been a post on this thread this morning but no alert received.

That's because it exceeded the Ellipses limit (quite considerably)...

 

[Lenny HB]

@Jim Have been 5 posts on this thread this morning but no alerts.

 

[Just smiffy]

@Jim Have been 5 posts on this thread this morning but no alerts.

That’s because you on the ignore list on the morning thread......

 

[Badknee]

Smiffy, be alert. Your country needs as many lerts as it can get.

 

[Just smiffy]

Smiffy, be alert. Your country needs as many lerts as it can get.

I’m Mr grumpy at the moment, cite Europe tomorrow for the train home Friday morning, I DONT WANNA GO HOME.....

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[Anthea M]

I’m Mr grumpy at the moment, cite Europe tomorrow for the train home Friday morning, I DONT WANNA GO HOME.....

Safe travels and an alert about the weather....get your fleeces ready!!!

 

[Lenny HB]

Noticed several more threads there have been posts on and have not received alerts today.

 

[Jim]

Noticed several more threads there have been posts on and have not received alerts today.

We’ve sent you 134 thread alerts today. Which threads did we fail to alert you about?

 

[Lenny HB]

We’ve sent you 134 thread alerts today. Which threads did we fail to alert you about?

The ones I gave a link to in posts#20 & 22 and I noticed a few others this aftenoon but didn't log them.

 

[Rosemary1]

I have noticed this too, it's quite deliberate. If you log in just to quickly check something, view and/or ignore your Alerts and the threads don't forgive you ... there's no more alerts on those threads until you've visited them again. The Photo of the day thread I only visit when I have time to enjoy them, but it stops alerting me as soon as I miss one and starts again - but one only, once I've visited it

My brain hurts ! Are you saying if I get an Alert but do not click on it and then log off it will no longer send mt alerts if people post to that thread?

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