Evening everyone! For those who do not know, Discourse - the amazing software that powers these forums - is under continual development, just like Stonehearth. That means that new features are always being added, like tags, which we started using a few months ago, or group mentions, which allows you to ping @moderators if you ever need help.
Yesterday, @system, one of the amazing Discourse developers added a new user preference to allow you to control how often you are notified about likes. Before this change went into effect, you were notified when your post was first likedâŚand that was it. Now, you have more options!
As seen in the image above, the new options are:
- Always
- First time a post is liked and daily
- First time a post is liked
Option 1, always, is exactly as it sounds. You will receive a notification each and every time your posts are liked. At the moment, you will get an individual notification each time, but Sam is working to ârollupâ the notifications, so you would instead see something like âX People liked your postâ.
Option 2 is the new default. You will receive a notification when your post is first liked, and then anytime there is a 24 hour or more gap between likes. As an example, letâs say you make a post at 12:00 AM. User A likes it at 12:01 AM, and you receive a notification. User B likes the post at 1:00 AM, and you receive no notification. Now, User C likes the post at 2 AM the next day - you will receive another notification: âUser C likes your postâ. If your post is liked frequently, and there is never a 24 gap between likes, you will not receive a new notification. This does mean that you will know when old posts are liked - so if you made a post a long time ago, and the topic sorta diedâŚyou will know if someone likes it days/months/years from then!
Option 3 is what has existed thus far.
If you have any questions about this feature, let me know! If you run into issues or bugs, let me know as well and I will report them to the Discourse Team.