Idea: Notification when post is quoted

[ISUFan22]

Have noticed a couple other forums give the option for having a site notification for when your post is quotes. Acts much like the rep or likes notifications here.

Would be much handier notification than either of those, IMO. Thoughts?

 

[bigdaddykane]

No thanks. I feel like I get annoying after a while.

 

[ISUCubswin]

Some good and bad with this.

Good because you get to see what people think of your post

Bad because it'll likely lead to more arguing

 

[alarson]

Good idea, the only problem with it i would guess would be that it would take server resources.

 

[Farnsworth]

I've suggested something similar I've seen used on other forums that is much easier on the backend. Much easier than creating a new notification, it's a simple query search.

http://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179476

Basically it would list out any post that starts with "[QUOTE=%username;", and would be formatted similarly to view forum posts by a user.

 

[BallSoHard4Cy]

I would like this

 

[CyJam]

Have noticed a couple other forums give the option for having a site notification for when your post is quotes. Acts much like the rep or likes notifications here.

Would be much handier notification than either of those, IMO. Thoughts?

Bad idea.

 

[roundball]

Bad idea.

I agree. If you want to see if someone's quoted your post, read the thread rather than just skipping over everything to see what the response to your post is. I realize people probably do this already, but this just makes it easier and encourages a jumble of one-on-one conversations rather than a group discussion.

 

[DFWClone]

I like the idea.

 

[Farnsworth]

I agree. If you want to see if someone's quoted your post, read the thread rather than just skipping over everything to see what the response to your post is. I realize people probably do this already, but this just makes it easier and encourages a jumble of one-on-one conversations rather than a group discussion.

I go both ways on this. It just promotes post-whoring for likes/quotes/etc, however sometimes i post specific questions within a thread and it would be nice to know if anyone ever responded. Most of the time it falls off my radar and I'm off to something else.

 

[Jeremy]

There is a commercial option, but absent that it's a hell of a lot of code due to how vBulletin handles notifications. It's actually not the notification that's the problem, it's when you have 2 or more that it becomes painful. I worked on an option a few months ago but got buried in work, I can try dusting it off.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I ain't got that kinda time

 

[Cyclones423]

I agree. If you want to see if someone's quoted your post, read the thread rather than just skipping over everything to see what the response to your post is. I realize people probably do this already, but this just makes it easier and encourages a jumble of one-on-one conversations rather than a group discussion.

Threads here can get so far off topic and long that sometimes going through all those posts is just painful.

It's a good idea and you should be able to be notified if you want to be.

 

[Bret44]

I ain't got that kinda time

You used too, before you were a Mod...

 

[Cyclonepride]

You used too, before you were a Mod...

On salary now!

 

[Farnsworth]

On salary now!

Hey, I'm salary as well. get on that ****! When we have problems/request come around, they rely on us salaried folks to spend our entire lives fixing it!

 

[CyArob]

There is a commercial option, but absent that it's a hell of a lot of code due to how vBulletin handles notifications. It's actually not the notification that's the problem, it's when you have 2 or more that it becomes painful. I worked on an option a few months ago but got buried in work, I can try dusting it off.

I now imagine you with a stack of dusty site improvements on the side of your desk.

 

[Jeremy]

I now imagine you with a stack of dusty site improvements on the side of your desk.

Not too far off; they're on one of my home servers in a to-do folder

 

[ISUFan22]

I now imagine you with a stack of dusty site improvements on the side of your desk.

A desk made of mahogany.

 

[balken]

I would like a quote when a notification is posted.