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Should we get notifications?

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james6345789
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Do you guys think we should get facebook-style notifications for when people quote reply us, or comment on a picture or video of ours?
13 years ago
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49566738265
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I think one big concern would be the overwhelming amount of notifications you'd get. Especially if you make a thread that keeps going for years and got notified every time someone touched it. And if we kept getting notified, the front page would never change. You'd just keep coming back to the same threads to catch up with notifications and stuff.

My theory anyway.
13 years ago
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Jpurd
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We should get notifications for video comments and pictures and things like reviews etc... We should not have them for threads because if someone wants to know what people are saying in a their thread they will check.
13 years ago
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james6345789
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I said just quote replies, not all replies. There would be way too many notifications if you got one for every reply.
13 years ago
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DGski
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or it could be like the new and improved facebook, and if multiple people comment/like on 1 thing you only get 1 notification.
13 years ago
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james6345789
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that also is a very good idea
13 years ago
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.R-Lohin
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We already have them its called "My threads"
13 years ago
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Milksteak
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I think we should get notifications for picture/video comments and when someone posts in your feedback. I don't really get why people don't like the way Facebook does things. It clearly works.
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.squirrely.
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my threads is very hard to look through and some threads you post in dont even show up.

i think notifications on video and photo comments and qoute replies would be sick though
13 years ago
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james6345789
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did you read the thread?
13 years ago
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Bittner
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I wouldnt mind this. I think its a good idea if done right.
13 years ago
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.R-Lohin
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13 years ago
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james6345789
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If you joined in March of this year, chances are you weren't here when it was originally brought up.
13 years ago
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TheClap.
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NS =/= FB
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.R-Lohin
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13 years ago
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james6345789
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I understand that, but if it works, why not use it?
13 years ago
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Blurst
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I would love to see notifications for video and picture comments. I also think it would be helpful for notifications when you are quoted. Replying to a thread does not to be notified because of my threads but my threads does not always do justice for things like quotes.
13 years ago
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Blurst
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As much as FB does suck it has some great features that would help on NS.
13 years ago
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james6345789
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^at least one person knows what's up.
13 years ago
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snwbrdmilf
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Agreed, I think for media its a decent idea. Not for threads/forum posts tho.
13 years ago
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SSteezle
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agreed. I like this idea as well.
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Mr.Bishop
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Do note that facebook likely has like a billion dollar per year development budget. So doing everything they do is very difficult. : )

However, there is truth to this thread, and we've talked about it. One of the primary difficulties of NS is keeping up on what is happening. MyThreads does a great job of some things, but its scope is extremely limited.

Notifications could get too crazy, but if we did this we'd make it that you can choose what / how much you get notified of. For instance you could get daily emails instead of every time it happened of what is new.

I do think that notifications in general would be really cool. Especially to see how people are interacting with your content on the site as some others have said.

Brainstorm with this a little... lets just pretend like the sky is the limit, and why doesn't everyone post what kind of notifications they would like to see.

We'll process into our development queue and see where we can go with it.


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SSteezle
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My threads does work fairly well but to take care of the threads I think it would be best if you could "favorite a thread" so that it will forever be in your favorites. The problem with my threads is, once you click on it it's gone.

I think the notifications should just include feedback comments (this I really don't care about, but I'm sure some do), and comments on pictures and videos. I wouldn't bother with notifications for ratings. The way that NS media is setup now, you have to click on every picture/video to see if there are new comments. I know some people, myself included, have lots of old pictures and videos that get commented on and I never see the comments. I think it'd be a worthwhile addition to the site
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snwbrdmilf
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This. Favoriting a thread would be great. It allows you to watch a thread without having to post in it (end of the "my threads" useless posts). I also think you should be able to favorite pictures, videos, articles, & blogs.

And I think you should get notifications anytime someone posts on one of those categories that is personally yours. Including your feedback.

13 years ago
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monkatizer
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THE ABILITY TO FAVORITE VIDEOS WOULD BE DOPEEE!!
13 years ago
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JHendrix
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How do you pick who is a developer of this site?
13 years ago
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SSteezle
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I like this too. Being able to favorite a picture, video, or thread would significantly help my bookmark toolbar from being 95% newschoolers
13 years ago
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Will.T
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what about something like this ?

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freestyler540
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correct!
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Will.T
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that would be a dope idea !
13 years ago
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yeahno
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I'd love to see when someone quotes me, or a comment on a picture. I support this notification buisness
13 years ago
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Mr.Bishop
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Well we have staff... we do look for freelancers from time to time.


13 years ago
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Mr.Bishop
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Interesting concept... but I'd need more detail on what you're suggesting. A notification / favorite / subscribe module like that would be intensely complex, so its very hard to see the specifics of what you're suggesting from one picture !

Explain what each of those icons are, how the thing would function, etc!


13 years ago
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Will.T
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1st icon: ''History''

- you can see the latest video/pictures you saw in a order of time by day

2nd: ''Liked Videos''

- there would be the 1 to 10 rate like now but when you rate 10, it go in this section so when you're bored you go here and look at all the video you liked and have a good time..

3rd: ''Watch Later''

- here, you can put some video you want to see when you don't have the time like a long free movie or something like that so you don't forget about it..

4th: ''Favorites''

- put you're favorite pictures/videos in this section.. here's are your favorite media !

5th: ''New Comments''

- this is one of the categories that you can get notifications of.. when someone comments your pictures/video it show up a little bubble with the number of comments on the picture..

for example: here there is 1 new comment on this lohi

6th: ''Quote alert''

- this is one of the categories that you can get notifications of.. when someone quote you, it show up a little bubble with the ''text'' that you got quote of and you can easily go to this thread..



**** This is all i have in mind right now.. maybe people could add a few other in the thread.. ****


13 years ago
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SSteezle
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i would love if this happened..
13 years ago
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I_Am_Mod
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notifications for video/picture comments would be extremely useful imho ...
13 years ago
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monkatizer
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YESSSSSSSSSS


NS IF YOU MAKE THIS HAPPEN, THAT WOULD BE THE SICKEST THING EVER!!!


pleasssseeeee do this!!!!
13 years ago
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joris.blanc
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I really think that a notification system should be made !!!
You sometimes make a comment/question on a picture and you forget which one it was or can't find it again to get the answer !! And it would same us the time it takes to go check every pic/vid to see if you got a comment !!!

I don't think it should be like the picture that Will.T added I was thinking of something a bit more subtle like this http://joris-blanc.com/ns/notifications_system.png that would then open a popup window like the message inbox!!

And in this popup window there would be notifications about :

Comments about pictures/videos on notification by media
Ex : you have 3 new out of 10 comments on your pic since your last visit.

New Ratings on your pic/vid
Ex : you have 5 new out of 18 rating with an average of 8.31 on your pic since your last visit.

When someone adds you as a friend on NS !!!
When a friend uploads some new pic/vid/forum thread etc. (without this i don't really see the usefulness of being friend with someone, except to send messages)
If ever your picture gets on NS frontpage or video of the day !!!!


Other little things that could be added.
A download link for the pictures (with eventually a download counter)
The ability to link a nametag with the credit/skier etc of the pictures an videos (something like this http://w3schools.com/php/php_ajax_livesearch.asp) and like that the skier in the picture could be notified with their picture
The possibility to add a paragraph in the description on pic/vid, with a html code (<br> <p>) !!
Get an email if you have unseen notification or messages after 1 or 2 days !!!

And a little clock with the time on the website because I live in Switzerland and the times on forum posts/comments is hard to follow with the time difference !!!!

Yes, a lot of these propositions look alike facebook, but I think they would be very useful functions !!!
13 years ago
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Ciara
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tl;dr

Have an option to follow a thread and get notified if there are replies, if the thread goes on for years, don't follow it.
13 years ago
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.RYAN66
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Great idea^^^. Jus don't make it in a pop up window.
13 years ago
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skiRay
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to an extent yes. i had this idea a few years ago. claim.
13 years ago
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BBD.
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Yes! i was thinking about this today and i think notifications would be a great idea for NS. I also agree that it would get congested if got a notification for absolutely everything so here are my suggestions for notifications

-comments on pictures/videos/news posted
-new friend!
-quote reply in forums
-new page notification for threads created
eg. your thread is now 2 pages!
-Karma gained or lost from last login (so you know what exactly your getting good and bad feedback for)
-notification for content that made it to the home page


and i am sure that there are more things that you could throw in there, but just throwing my suggestions out there and see what everyone els thinks.
12 years ago
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JWeinstock
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havent seen this page in forever.
12 years ago
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Ali_Dibden
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I have been saying this forever, the most helpful aspect would be if you got a notification for quote replies, that way you don't have to trawl through a whole thread to get to what someone said to you.
12 years ago
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