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Schizpergers
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16 Jun 2013, 8:38 pm

I would like if the message fourm's on this website were reformed. The change I would like is to have responses to comments on a post like most message boards have where you can respond to a preticular comment. I think users should also be notified for comments in response to their posts. That way there would be more back and forth communication instead of looking for specific comments responding to you. Seeing that this is a website for people with social difficulties having this format would help people improve their one on one social skills and help meet new people. Please concider this option.



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16 Jun 2013, 10:45 pm

I agree with you on these points; I would love to be notified of responses to my posts.

This post would probably be more successful in the Site Suggestions thread.

On an unrelated note, I love your username! I sometimes jest to myself that I actually have "autiphernia" (therapists have told me that I have traits that are on both the schizophrenic and the autistic spectrum, but I don't have a full diagnosis of either).


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16 Jun 2013, 10:50 pm

Schizpergers wrote:
I would like if the message fourm's on this website were reformed. The change I would like is to have responses to comments on a post like most message boards have where you can respond to a preticular comment. I think users should also be notified for comments in response to their posts. That way there would be more back and forth communication instead of looking for specific comments responding to you. Seeing that this is a website for people with social difficulties having this format would help people improve their one on one social skills and help meet new people. Please concider this option.

As you can see, this is a reply to your particular comment using the already-available "Quote" button.

Only Alex can modify the features of this website's forums.

You might do better to PM your post to him so that he can personally consider it.



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16 Jun 2013, 11:28 pm

While it is interesting in a narcissistic way to see if people respond to my posts, I generally post on topics that are interesting to me, and so I am interested in responses on that topic. There is an easy way to be notified of these: Click on the link labeled "watch this topic for replies" down at the lower left of the thread and you will be notified by email when there are new posts.



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16 Jun 2013, 11:53 pm

Schizpergers wrote:
The change I would like is to have responses to comments on a post like most message boards have where you can respond to a preticular comment.


Last time I worked on PHPbb code (long enough ago that it may no longer be relevant), this was not possible without changing the whole site to some other software (which is very hard to do).



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17 Jun 2013, 1:29 am

(Thread moved from Autism discussion to wp.net discussion)


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