Watching a sub-forum?

[Eben Stone]

Is watching a sub-forum, such as the BST, supposed to do anything?

I'm asking, because I enabled the watch for the BST sub-forum. I expect to receive notifications when new threads are created, but that's not happening.

It does seem to work for individual threads, but that's not what I'm interested in.

 

[silverlifter]

Have you enabled notifications for watched forums?

 

[Eben Stone]

Have you enabled notifications for watched forums?

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Yes, that was already enabled. I had alerts enabled but push notifications disabled. Maybe that was the problem?

For troubleshooting, I reset all my preferences and enabled push notifications.

I'll wait and see what happens...

 

[Eben Stone]

AFAICT, I have all the relevant settings enabled, but I'm not getting alerts/notifications when someone creates a new thread in the BST even though I'm watching it at the BST level. Is it supposed to work the way I'm describing?

 

[Beefdrippings]

I just realized it’s the same for me. I’m following the BST with no notifications happening.

 

[rockviper]

WATCHing a forum seems to function differently than watching than watching a thread. I think of it as being akin to being a bookmark/favorite, rather than being something to get notifications from.

I have the URL for my watched forums set as my browser's main B&B bookmark.

 

[Toothpick]

Is it just the BST forum?
I don’t have a clue what the issue could be. But the first step - clear the cookies/cache

 

[brucered]

Way back, the BST would NOT work with watching or instant alerts.

Off memory, Mods/Admins had disabled watch/alert function for the BST, to prevent quick draw on good deals and to give everyone a fighting chance.

I don't even think the BST shows up when I hit "what's new or new posts". I have to manually look at that forum

Again, this may or may not be correct and I have my reasonings wrong.

 

[Eben Stone]

Wat back, the BST would NOT work with watching or instant alerts.

Off memory, Mods/Admins had disabled it to prevent Quick draw in good deals and to give everyone a fighting chance.

Again, this may or may not be correct and I have my reasonings wrong.

That makes a lot of sense, and I suspect that is what's happening, just looking for confirmation on what to expect. Thanks.

 

[brucered]

That makes a lot of sense, and I suspect that is what's happening, just looking for confirmation on what to expect. Thanks.

This was back in the Tapatalk days. I just assumed I wasn't seeing threads in my "what's new" content, for the same reasons.

 

[silverlifter]

I just assumed I wasn't seeing threads in my "what's new" content, for the same reasons.

FWIW, I do see BST posts in my New Posts feed, but I am unable to trigger notifications for them, as @Eben Stone discovered.

 

[spacemonkey42]

Same here, I can watch other forum and I get email notifications, but I do not get notifications from BST.

Is that intentional?

 

[Eben Stone]

Same here, I can watch other forum and I get email notifications, but I do not get notifications from BST.

Is that intentional?

Yes, that is my understanding.

 

[gpjoe]

Me too. I figured it must be a "fair play" thing, and then thought "...but anyone can do it, so it's still fair..."