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Site update: Notification system updated

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I have done some changes to the way that the notification system works today, so be sure to read up on what's changed.

Note: I highly suggest wiping your notifications just to be sure.

The way it originally worked, was that each single comment would generate an additional notification on an article you follow. Unlike "likes" which were bundled together, this created a bit of hassle after testing it for a while, especially if you didn't come back for a few days, or if an article was super popular. Imagine an article with 100 comments after yours, that would have been 100 notifications = dumb.

So now, comments are bundled together in one row for each article, so it works the same way as likes do. I feel this will work a lot better and prevent notification spam. As well as keeping our database size down a wee bit too. Not that that's a really big issue, I just like things tidy.

Let me know of any issues you find right away, but my local testing worked fine. Also, if you have any further feature requests for it, let me know, but this was one of the only real requests for it I can remember. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Liam Dawe Dec 16, 2016
Okay, quoting people should work 100% again now! Usernames in quotes are now a link to that person's profile (fixed it always being a link to the first quoted person). It should also generate a notification when you're quoted.

Sorry if anyone saw multiple "you were quoted" notifications, it happened if you were quoted multiple times in the same post, I needed to remove duplicate username finds from the array of username matches.
minj Dec 17, 2016
I had my comment liked and the thread was replied to (both notifications lead to the same place, essentially)

I followed the reply notification but the like notification still remained unread.
MayeulC Dec 17, 2016
Thanks for these new features / improvements. It makes the notifications a lot cleaner indeed.

Edit: test quote
Quoting: M@yeulCThanks for these new features / improvements. It makes the notifications a lot cleaner indeed.

Edit 2: thanks for fixing the display of names with an "@" in them when quoted.


Last edited by MayeulC on 17 December 2016 at 2:29 pm UTC
tuubi Dec 17, 2016
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Great stuff. The notification system is shaping up nicely.

I do think it's a bit unnecessary to get two notifications every time I'm quoted. One for the quote and another for the reply if I'm subscribed to the thread. (I usually am.)

Could you prevent the reply notification to any user who was quoted, as they've already been notified?
Liam Dawe Dec 17, 2016
Quoting: minjI had my comment liked and the thread was replied to (both notifications lead to the same place, essentially)

I followed the reply notification but the like notification still remained unread.
Well those are two completely different types of notifications.
Quoting: tuubiGreat stuff. The notification system is shaping up nicely.

I do think it's a bit unnecessary to get two notifications every time I'm quoted. One for the quote and another for the reply if I'm subscribed to the thread. (I usually am.)

Could you prevent the reply notification to any user who was quoted, as they've already been notified?
Yep, next on the list is notification priority, so then we can add in username tagging too.
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