New Profile Posts - Alert

[IcemanBo]

About notifications about profile posts:

When a new profile post is written, it gets listed on top of the profile post's list.
When a new comment comes to said profile post, it won't be bumped on top again (in case there came some newer profile posts in between).
So after 1-2 days the profile post will not be visible anymore on the list, even there might be always new comments on it.

I think it would make also make sense to bump the whole profile post again if a new sub-comment is written.
Would this be possible good/bad?

 

[Ralle]

At least we have alerts to keep track of them, but yeah, I have noticed it too. Bumping them? I dunno.

 

[IcemanBo]

Ones who did not comment won't get an alert.

But when someone comments after a longer time I think it makes sense if all would see the news again, analog to the bump when a new post in a thread was done in the "New Posts" list.

 

[Ralle]

Ones who did not comment won't get an alert.

I don't understand this. Do you say that everyone on the site should get an alert when somebody comments a profile post of mine?

 

[IcemanBo]

No, not. But I was refering to this:

At least we have alerts to keep track of them

The one who posted will get an alert, that's good.
The one who have not posted should not get an alert, that's good, too. But they at least should notify that there was something when they look in "New Profile Posts".

 

[Ralle]

I still don't understand :S.

This is how I think it works:

1. Somebody posts on my profile
2. A year later, somebody else comments on it
3. The three of us get an alert

This is what I think you are saying

1. Somebody posts on my profile
2. A year later, somebody else comments on it
3. Everyone on the site get an alert

 

[IcemanBo]

Hm, no.
I'm not sure what you don't understand.
I never said I suggest all getting alerts for it.

1.	New Profile Post	--> Alert for you.
		--> New Notification Bump in "New Profile Posts" for everyone.
2.	New Profile Post comment	--> Alert for you and others who commented.
		--> New Notification Bump in "New Profile Posts" for everyone. *

*That's the suggestion. Because it's also actually new content on a user's profile that should be noted in New Profile Posts again. Else a living conversation is treated just like an outdated Post and gets hidden somewhere randomly in the list, like you for example said if guys are posting after some months/years again.

The behaviour would be similar like in "New Posts" list.
There also only subscribers gets an alert when there's a new post, but everyone can see it in "New Posts" list on top again.

 

[Ralle]

I see. Are you sure it doesn't show up in the sidebar already?

 

[IcemanBo]

No, not if you mean this side bar. It just is seems like a mini preview from the original list.