[mythtv-users] Forum reminder and feature requests

Paul Harrison mythtv at sky.com
Fri May 9 19:04:19 UTC 2014


On 09/05/14 15:52, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-05-09 at 07:42 -0700, Jim Stichnoth wrote:
>> I want every forum post to be sent to me as a separate email,
>> automatically.  The best I've been able to do is to subscribe to a single
>> thread (which happens automatically when I post to a thread), and then I
>> get a single email notification of the first reply, and no more emails
>> until I actually visit the forum which resets some flag for that thread.
> And here is _exactly_ why I dislike forums.  They are designed to
> generate clicks -- presumably to drive advertising.  Not saying that
> this is what the MythTV forums are doing but just that this is what the
> software is designed for and so everyone is a victim of it.
>
> Why should I have to visit the thread after each e-mail from it is sent
> to me other than to drive up the $$-for-clicks counter?
>

<sigh>

There is no advertising on the MythTV forum.

You clearly don't like forums that's fine but please don't spoil it for 
others that do.

Paul H.


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