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[PopTart]

Why do people post "PTW" when they can accomplish the same thing with "Notify" without spamming?

[martinuzz]

1st to PTW

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I'd say PTW is more polite than just anonymously notifying for yourself. It expresses interest in the thread. It is most certainly not spam in my opinion, unless you triple post it or post PTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTPWTPWTPWTPWetc

[PopTart]

I'd say PTW is more polite than just anonymously notifying for yourself. It expresses interest in the thread. It is most certainly not spam in my opinion, unless you triple post it or post PTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTWPTPWTPWTPWTPWetc

I show interest in your answer. Thanks!

[Flying Dice]

Yep. When you create a thread for a forum game, AAR, community fortress, &c., there's a big difference between seeing a page or two of P2Ws and seeing only one or two actual responses.

It'd be different if we had a like system for posts, I suppose.

[Putnam]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?action=unreadreplies

[MarcAFK]

Because notify is less than ideal, I can't remember why but I think it's because actually posting in the thread makes it visible in your "new replies to your post"'whereas just hitting notify relegates it to the pits of the notification page.
Where is the link to that anyway? Im having trouble finding it ATM.

[Tack]

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?action=unreadreplies

Also notify sends me emails I hate emails.