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[LTT1]

My usual is to press 

@

then the last few posters in a discussion strand and also the OP screen names show up.

This way LOTS who have been involved in the discussion are included.

But sometimes posters are included who really don't want to be contacted again.

Suggestions about how you feel about this?

Then another thing.

I almost never go back to a discussion unless I am notified with a ❤️.

Do others do this? Use the hearts to let people know that they either have a question or want a person to be included?

Someone has a notification about wishing for PMs in the boards. The heart system could be almost as good as... no????

[chrystaltree]

You just gave me a headache...lol   Yes sometime I heart something I like but sometimes I like something and don't heart it.   I don't put nearly as much work into this board as OP.  I have a job, I don't need another one...lol   I keep it simple.  If I want to take part in a conversation, I just say what I want to say.  I follow a thread for a while, if it interests me.  Sometimes when someone hearts something I said, I'll go back and look but not always.  It depends.

[wildcat fan]

LOL If I waited for people to give me a ❤️ before going back into discussions, I don't think I'd be going back to discussions very often.  

I use and appreciate notifications. People who don't want to be notified (or have that "don't respond to me!" attitude)  are IMO clueless about what it means to participate in an online community or what it takes for an online community to thrive.

[chickenbutt]

Anyway, I don't do any of those things.  I don't feel comfortable calling people out, so I just don't do it but I don't begrudge it others.  I figure that if I want a Twitter experience I'll join Twitter.

When they first changed the board I went into all the settings and unchecked all kinds of stuff.  I don't see the sig-lines or the heart thing or the calling out, or any of it.   I don't care for clutter.  It makes me kind of anxious.  That's what works for me.

If somebody doesn't see what I said, that's fine too.  I doubt if I say anything that is all that important, anyway. heh  

But, hey, choices - always good, so people should just do what makes them comfortable.   I just come here for a board experience.    I'm glad they have a lot of choices, although if I had my druthers I would get rid of the different fonts, font sizes, and font colors.  Some of the stuff I see - bright colors, ginormous font, etc, makes my eyes hurt.

[LTT1]

@chickenbutt

OK see now I know about what you like!

I'm not kidding! I really WANT to know so I won't irritate people.

Now for my next big challenge... remembering which person liked/did not like. But with you, I will go find you if I need you! LOL

[jaxs mom]

I don't usually go back and read posts that someone hearted, after all I wrote the post so I know what it says anyway. Depending on the thread I may or may not go back and read an @ notification.  

I only use notificiations for a bunch of people in one post on very rare occasions. I don't just randomly @ whoever may have posted recently and I'm confused when it's happened to me and subject of the post doesn't really apply to me or anything I posted in the thread. 

PS

the heart system is nothing at all like a PM system which is private. 

[bri20]

I heart posts that I like.  I will use the @ notification when I want to quote something or respond specifically to that poster 

If someone is nice enough to heart me, I appreciate it.   

If I am involved in a thread, I read all of it.  Sometimes I read a thread and don't have a response, but I will heart as I'm reading.  

I just do what I like - no method to my madness 

[Moonchilde]

I only use the @ if I really want someone to see my response. I probably use it less than many. Some people use it to call others out. I don't really intend that for my use, but some posters take it that way regardless.

I heart posts I like and agree with, simple as that. It's a thumb's up/high five from me. 

I go back to threads that interest me, but not every heart given or received merits me re-checking a thread because I was hearted or gave them - I appreciate the hearts but may not have anything more to contribute to the thread.

[faeriemoon]

I operate the same way as @bri20 and @Moonchilde.  

[libbyannE]

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@LTT1 wrote:

My usual is to press 

@

then the last few posters in a discussion strand and also the OP screen names show up.

This way LOTS who have been involved in the discussion are included.

But sometimes posters are included who really don't want to be contacted again.

Suggestions about how you feel about this?

Then another thing.

I almost never go back to a discussion unless I am notified with a ❤️.

Do others do this? Use the hearts to let people know that they either have a question or want a person to be included?

Someone has a notification about wishing for PMs in the boards. The heart system could be almost as good as... no????

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What are pms?

 Goodness, you make this sound complicated. I only discovered these boards a few months ago and I've never ever posted anywhere else so I didn't know it was that complicated. I didn't know there were rules and I don't know what I'm doing but if I feel like replying to something, I do, and if I feel like hitting the heart thing info, but mostly I just wander in and out if I have a few minutes. I rarely look back to see what other people have said, and I don't pay much attention to whether soneone has hearted anything I have said. I make a point of not noticing what people call themselves because this is anonymous, right? They should not include any IDs. I don't read through pages of what everyone else has said unless it's the topic of special interest. This is just a little diversion but i don't think that much about it.