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differences between "watch" and "subscribe"

CB Charlie Badenhop
Charlie Badenhop
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Member since Aug 2012
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Aug 9, 2013 · 7:22 am · Edited

Is the only different between “watch” and “subscribe” that subscribe sends the user an email? If so, how about combining these and just having a checkbox that says “email me when a change happens” (or something like that).

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MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
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Aug 9, 2013 · 11:12 am

would you really want to do that each time you picked a topic to watch/subscribe?  not me…

we use watches as more of a to do list… topics we are working or want to keep an eye on vs get notifications…

another nice feature of watches, from an admin perspective, is that you can set a watch for another admin/moderator…  sort of an ‘hey take a look at this’ kind of note…

CB Charlie Badenhop
Charlie Badenhop
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Aug 9, 2013 · 8:04 pm

So, just so I am 10% clear. If someone Subscribes to a topic, they get an email no matter what? Not a problem…just wanting to make sure I understand how that works.

MP Mr Papa
Mr Papa
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Aug 9, 2013 · 8:14 pm

only 10%? eekwink

yes, if you subscribed to a topic, you get an email notification on new posts to that topic (same for forum)…  if the forum admin has enabled it, you can also choose to get a daily or weekly digest of email of new updates rather than on every post…