How awesome is the "Alerts" feature of this new software?

Or you're a dork

 

[Alert flag] is a helluva drug.

 

*sees red alert flag, sees that it is Borla*

Hey, you did that on purpose.

The Alert Flag is definitely a great feature. TFP 4.0 required a lot of work on the behalf of any user that took off for a month. You had to sift through page after page of New Posts tab results and if it crashed, you were doomed to Maybe Never See That Stuff. The Alert Flag lets me know when someone quotes me or tags me in a post; that way I can come up with an asinine rambling response after carefully consulting a thesaurus.

 

hahaha....yeah, I kinda love it, too. I'm not as excited when it's "someone liked your post," but when I get tagged or quoted, yep. I'm all "w00t!"

 

I have 153 alerts, I dont know what any of them are...

 

JESUS.

You gonna smoke that or stare at it?

 

I clicked on it and all it is is telling me that someone replied in a thread I also replied in.

Personally not very interesting.

I guess I would like to know if someone liked something I said, but all I saw (on the first page) was replies

(and yes I am sure that you can define what alerts you have if you can be bothered to look at it)

 

You can turn that off, Strange Famous. The only alerts I get have to do specifically with me, not just "someone else replied to this."

 

I'm really liking everything about the new design. The alerts are an especially nice touch. Now I don't have to go trolling though all of my old posts to see if someone replied, only to find out it was a reply specifically to another member. Then I go outside into the sleet and snow, pull out a shotgun and let it click a few times against my head until I realize, oh, I didn't buy any shells.

So yes, the alerts feature is quite handy.

 

I like it because it allows me to rebuttal on threads I actually care about and I don't have to go back to find the thread.... I suppose.... its making more lazy....

 

Love the Alert feature, it's probably my favorite feature...

 

I like the alert flags, as well. What I don't like are the hundreds of emails I keep getting telling me uncle phil posted something in the same thread. (damn you, unc!)
I thought I had turned it off in my profile, but apparently I did something else entirely. (hope it wasn't a bomb ignition button)

 

alerts make me wonder more
about other things I might forget
it's a beautiful feature

 

I love the alert feature.

 

This is exactly how I feel! I was gone from the old TFP for a long time, but I'm really happy to be a part of the new place. The alerts help me keep up with threads I've posted in, and help to remind me to continue to contribute and not just lurk around.

 

I like it... makes one feel a little more involved in the discussions.

 

I like it a lot. It's the first thing I click on when I come to TFP now. It's just easier.