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michael:
So if there was a button on each of the forum categories to watch it. when a user clicks that does that mean that:
* each of the threads in that category all automatically get set to 'watching'
or does it just mean
* when clicked on any new threads get set to 'watching'
or does it mean
* when clicked on and set to watching any new thread that gets started in that category sends out a notification to people watching, but the thread itself is not watched. (meaning that they get 1 notification of the new thread, but not a notification of any replies to that thread.)
On first thought the idea is that clicking on a "watch this forum category button" means that
any future update - new threads and comments - trigger an email off to whoever is watching the forum category. However, that could result in a lot of emails that I will have to pay for and members potentially get a lot of emails they don't care about.
A better implementation would have the "watch this category" trigger off an email each time a new thread has been created (your last suggestion) and then the member can choose to watch the thread manually if it's interesting to them.
:: Clay
PS - and I will post the formatting feature request to the suggestions forum.
