On Jan 31, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Janine Costanzo wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Denise Paolucci
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Surely it should be easy enough as an invisible automatic  
>> subscription to
>> the thread, no?
>
> Hmm.  It would be different behavior that what's expected now, because
> if you subscribe to a thread you get emailed all replies to all
> comments in the thread, not just replies to the comment you subscribed
> to (if that makes sense).  So you'd be getting potentially a whole lot
> more email than you would if you were subscribed to a single comment.
>
> There'd also have to be some front-end changes to, I suppose, make it
> look like all of those invisible subscriptions were just one thing in
> the UI ("send me replies to my comments in other journals").  And
> probably some back-end changes to make it so people wouldn't hit
> subscription limits from this.
>
> But it's an interesting thought, and may or may not be easier to work
> with than actually making a new event type.  Someone who's very
> familiar with the ESN code should be the person who does this, IMO
> (i.e. not me).  :)

Hmm. I hadn't thought of that.

But yeah, I don't think it's impossible, just that LJ never  
prioritized finding a solution for it. We'll figure something out.  
Even if it involves locking Mark in a room for a week and poking him  
with sticks until he solves it.

(You're recruited to employ the sticks, Janine. *g*)

--D


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