Two reasons why I'm asking. One, it seems that no one else has email notifications turned off except me. I really don't want to think I'm that weird! I can't be the only one, right? Two, I just saw a comment by one 365er asking another if she was being ignored despite her dedicating one of her photos to him. (And tagging him a couple of times.)
I've had email notifications turned off since Day 1. It's nothing personal, I do this for every site or forum that I'm on, not just 365. I have limited time online, I don't want my email box to be stuffed with notices.
When I'm on 365, I do click on "Recent Notifications", so I do see them when I'm online. But, mostly, I don't respond because I know most of them are thank-you messages. (I appreciate these but I'd rather spend my time looking at more photos and maybe commenting on them than seeing dozens of thank-you messages.)
Sometimes, I see that someone has tagged me for something other than a thank-you message, and I respond. But I've probably missed some of these too.
I guess what I really want to say is, I'm not ignoring anyone on purpose, I just don't receive email notifications. And I do state this very clearly on my profile page! XD
Haha, I wouldn't worry about it one bit Livia, you're awesome! Even with email notifications ON I miss a lot too! I do like getting the notifications though, that's why I have them on. But facebook groups? Forget about it, that's the first thing I turn off! :)
Mine are off too Livia. Like you, I check the notifications when I'm online, but do admittedly miss some sometimes as well. We're only human and there are only so many hours in each day!
Mine are off too. I probably check here more than my email.
Sometimes I miss things too or see them on my phone (hate typing on my phone) and forget to come back to them.
I turned mine off, too, a long time ago. I have a related, but inconsequential, question. I tried to set my notifications where I would get notice of favs, which are much less frequent than comments for me, thinking that would be a reasonable compromise. But, even though I marked the box for Fav notification, I never get it. Which is ok, just curious if anyone else has that experience.
I'm totally in your camp Livia, I turned off email notification on day 2 and rely on the Dashboard and the Notifications. I try to comment on all of the postings of the people I follow and likewise try to respond to all comments. But when I'm away from home, all bets are off. I do what I can and have a standard line saying I'm sorry if I missed anyone.
Ace members have that final notification question asking whether to receive emails about favs. I would bug Ross if it bothered me, but it doesn't. I was just idly curious. :)
if i got the number of comments that you do Livia i would probably have them off too but i havn't bothered as I rarely get more than a handful a day :) but 98% of the time i delete them without reading them anyway, lol
@rockinrobyn I've set mine up the same as you for Fav's and don't get them either. It doesn't bother me too much either but I suppose if you switch email notifications off it must override the option of getting Fav emails.
when you get "mentioned in a discussion" you don't get notified anyway I don't think, so you have to browse back to catch these. I have mine turned on and they get diverted straight to a 365 folder so they don't interrupt my normal everyday mails...and you're right this box is normally huge to my normal incoming!
You can tell by the notifications on 365, you don't really need it in your e-mail, if you don't want it. You are fine!! I don't send "thank-you's" but I always reciprocate by looking and commenting if someone visited my page.
there is some problem going on with the site. many people are not able to upload so it is not just email notifications. i have not been able to upload since last tuesday. get an error message. have tried every way possible. have emailed ross but know from reading thread it is hitting many.
I have turned notifications off too. When I have time to visit a site, I visit it and check my notifications. It is fun to receive them and to respond as much as I can. I like to use my e-mail for different kind of correspondence...
I rather use my time viewing the photos of people commenting my work than reading thank you notes, although I love it, when people find something interesting to say about my comment, so basically I try to read all my notifications, but I also miss some...
So Livia, I think there are some super people here, who never seem to miss a post and always reply with kind thanks, but most of us seem to have similar approach as you. And I personally feel, you are doing great job viewing and commenting, thank you :)
I've had my email turned off since day 1 also, I always look at the red button thingy and enjoy reading any comments there and respond to comments that are particularly interesting or require an answer. However, I have stopped sending thank you notes for comments, like others above, I would rather spend my time on 365 looking at all the wonderful photos and sending comments on them.
Mine have also been off since day 1. Since the box turns red when there's a notification....I check there. I look at all the comments but don't do individual thank you's as I don't have the time to do that .... instead I say thank you in my photo description.
I do not receive emails, nor do I read through "thanks" notifications. If I didn't think they appreciated getting comments I wouldn't have made them in the first place. i'm happy to respond to specific questions or comments tho, and hopefully i don't miss too many of those.
Looks like you are not on your own. Offity-off-off here too, as I spend too much time sifting through emails and not responding to those. :) But I check notifications here when I see they have them and will respond if it is necessary.
I have email notifications turned off. Each day when I post a new shot I go back through recent activity on the home page, going as far back as the preceding shot that I posted. I then go through the comments on the previous day's shot that I posted. I prefer to give individual thanks to anyone who has commented, but I fully understand that this is too time consuming, particularly for those of you who get lots of comments. I probably still miss a few things, but I o try hard to review everything
I turned the email notificiations off a few months into the project. I was really struggling to keep up replying to every single comment. Not that I don't want to reply, but since starting a new job there is just not enough time in a day to do so. It was either cutting back on the comments or giving up the project altogether.
Thank you, everyone! (I'm not tagging any of you for this reply. We're all short on time here! ;D ) Wow, I had no idea so many people have email notifications turned off. Now I don't feel so weird anymore! 8D
@shutterbugger Yes I'm the same! It's what I do when I'm coming 'round first thing :) Its lovely to start the day reading something nice!
I thought we were notified (red box) of mentions in discussions?
When I come to the site I check the red box too of course and read the other comments. I've tried to turn off the 'someone has fave'd your photo' email thinking I'll pick it up anyway, but the box is ignoring me. Heigh ho. @myautofocuslife Hunny we're all a bit weird here!! It's why we get on so well... :)
I think it is a personnal thing as you say based on time constraints; you have always made a point of asking people to not tag you in thank you's:0) You're not weird though. Congrat on T20, I will be checking out your shots during thisweek; holiday was amazing:0))
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Sometimes I miss things too or see them on my phone (hate typing on my phone) and forget to come back to them.
You are not weird, Livia! :D
I rather use my time viewing the photos of people commenting my work than reading thank you notes, although I love it, when people find something interesting to say about my comment, so basically I try to read all my notifications, but I also miss some...
So Livia, I think there are some super people here, who never seem to miss a post and always reply with kind thanks, but most of us seem to have similar approach as you. And I personally feel, you are doing great job viewing and commenting, thank you :)
I thought we were notified (red box) of mentions in discussions?
When I come to the site I check the red box too of course and read the other comments. I've tried to turn off the 'someone has fave'd your photo' email thinking I'll pick it up anyway, but the box is ignoring me. Heigh ho.
@myautofocuslife Hunny we're all a bit weird here!! It's why we get on so well... :)