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Ok, I do understand that it's related yet different.
Just to clarify- one would not get notified with a whole list of latest group comments, they'd get a notice for "A new comment has been posted in this group you are following..." just as they'd get a notice for "A new discussion has been created in this group you are following..."

BUT- Michael, I would be totally thrilled JUST to get this part:
"A new discussion titled ____ has been started in xxxxxxxx group"
...when someone 'follows' a whole group. One notification to simply point out the new discussion has been created...with the discussion title.
-and then they can still choose what discussions within the group to 'follow' and get notified on every new post in ONLY the discussion(s) they are following.

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I agree- watch/follow this forum category= trigger an email notification each time a new thread is created....but NOT set people to be auto-following every new thread. Otherwise, members will be turning off all notifications because they'd be swamped with them. They still need to CHOOSE to follow any discussion purposely, on their own.

And exact same thing for Groups- "Watch/follow a Group" = group members will then get an email telling them of any new discussion started in the group. But do not set them to 'follow' that new discussion automatically. This would be a HUGE thing for my members- to finally be able to get notices for new group discussions!
And actually, if new Comments from the Group's Comment Wall could be included in notifications, along with emails for new group discussions, it would be fabulous!
Forums don't have comment walls, so no need there....just for groups.

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Yes, it would be fabulous if members could follow a whole Forum Category, AND fabulous if members could 'Follow" a whole Group- so in either case members would be notified if there were New Discussions in the forum category OR in the Group. They would be auto-following such discussions until they turned OFF Follow for individual discussions if they chose. But when a new discussion was created, again they would be notified that a new discussion was created and they'd be auto-following it.

My members have been asking to 'follow/subscribe' to a Group ever since day 1...since we had that on Ning. Especially important since Group discussion posts do not show on the Main Page Activity Feed.

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By default we as admins are not set to see our own posts and actions in the main page activity feed. Were you aware of that? When logged in as some other user we would naturally then see them. Whether admin or not, we of course can always see our own posts and comments if we go directly to the place we posted them- in a forum, on a photo, etc.

redundant notifications in Groups

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redundant notifications in Groups

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here's one:

redundant notifications in Groups

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I just realized that I get two notifications every time someone posts in a group discussion I'm following.
I think it's because the 'discussions' in Group are not like the Froum discussions, in that responses to a Group discussion are really COMMENTS, not forum posts.
Thus, when I Follow a Group discussion, I get a notification email saying "Discussion updated" (coming from the jrGroupDiscuss module's email_discussion_updated_message template).... and I ALSO get one titled "New Comment On.." (coming from the jrGroup Module email_notify_message template).

Please see the screenshots showing how these two emails are different and triggered by two different events, but they are redundantly notifying me of the same post (comment) someone made in a group discussion I am following.
Perhaps a good thing to get sorted out? I'd prefer to receive ONLY the one titled "Discussion Updated", since it confuses folks to think of group discussions posts as 'comments'.
updated by @strumelia: 11/10/15 12:05:16PM

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Clay, I'm curious- do you mean subscribe to a Forum 'Category' (which contains various discussions), or to a whole entire forum that contains various categories (and the discussions within each category)?
On Ning, we could not subscribe to a Forum Category either. Though yes we could subscribe to a whole Group without having to 'follow' individual discussions within a group...which my members do miss now.

P.S. nice to see you pop in!

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Today I received another one from a misguided member, this one after they received a notification for a Forum thread they were following, rather than a new comment notification. They just hit Reply, since there were no specific instructions about the link provided.
Only this time, I now knew to go to my jrForum module and edit the proper email template for Forum notifications.
Oy, I don't think my members are very web-savvy at all. (insert eye roll smiley here)

Auto-follow set after posting in a discussion. Other options?

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I'm getting some details from the two members reporting this, Michael. Then I'll report back here. I appreciate your help! Let me get some additional details first.