I don't have a problem with threads, it's members I used to like to follow like Bear, Al, JJ and a few others I liked to follow.
When you click on a members avatar it shows follow etc. So you can follow members. it's about getting email notifications for me. I quoted you and that was the first email notification I've received in a few days. I can honestly say I'm not involved as much on SMF due to this and it's not by choice. By the time I check in without an email notification everyone has all the questions answered and has new dialogue posts from the day before. I'm not retired so email notifications are very important for me to stay current and involved. I want to earn an OTBS status being involved since 2013 but no email notifications make it difficult. I bought the Premier status which is good to contribute but really it was because of ad scareware I needed to get rid of on this site. Just in a sort of limbo.
Bear sent me this.....
Check your spam folder to make sure they aren't going there. If they are, move them to inbox so that the address [email protected] (or whatever the address is) goes to inbox and add it to contacts to make sure. I have a list of forums I watch so under watched forums at the bottom it says with selected. So I check the box next to all my watched forums then go to the bottom and under with selected check email and alerts and ok then it shows next to each forum that you get alerts and email notifications and I want notifications on new messages (everything) not just new threads. So under watched forums each forum says new messages, alerts, emails. Emails are old and redundant for the same thread but I don't care if they are redundant. Old threads keep me out of the helping loop in a timely manner so in my main forums electric smokers and masterbuilt smokers or whatever forum thst is, whatever is in Bear's signature that he refers members to I just let it go because he'll be around soon to direct them. I'm back to lurking like in 2013. With what we've got now it's inhibiting me from contributing like before.
All my boxes have been checked on this page you screen shot. I do get emails but old ones. The first box on your screen shot is unchecked for updates and news and should be checked by default so if admin ever decides to broadcast a msg to all members it will at least show up as an alert if email notifications don't work. I remember being in limbo for awhile before realizing we we're going through platform changes in Sept 2017 but wasn't notified before the chaos.
