Watched threads not working

Posting to follow updates regarding watched forums (now topics) because that's going to cause a nightmare for me with PS reviews

Original post by 04MR17

Posting to follow updates regarding watched forums (now topics) because that's going to cause a nightmare for me with PS reviews

We have some small tweaks still to follow, but the primary issue for watched topics should be fixed now, is that working for you? CC: @PQ

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Original post by RainbowLapras

We have some small tweaks still to follow, but the primary issue for watched topics should be fixed now, is that working for you? CC: @PQ

No, I'm still seeing a pile of threads listed there, instead of the 5 forums that should be listed. I would screenshot but some threads are private.

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Original post by 04MR17

No, I'm still seeing a pile of threads listed there, instead of the 5 forums that should be listed. I would screenshot but some threads are private.

Are you seeing one thread per topic, or multiple for each? You're welcome to PM a screenshot if you'd be more comfortable with that!

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Original post by RainbowLapras

Are you seeing one thread per topic, or multiple for each? You're welcome to PM a screenshot if you'd be more comfortable with that!

I can't attach an image to PMs sadly. Will find somewhere more suitable.

I'm only seeing 4 threads and I watch 5 forums so something doesn't add up there. But either way I need to get to the forum, so it's adding a step to be forced to click on a thread first then click straight back out of it. The work around for this would be bookmarks, but they haven't been made available yet either.

Bookmarks will be coming though right?

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Original post by 04MR17

I can't attach an image to PMs sadly. Will find somewhere more suitable.

I'm only seeing 4 threads and I watch 5 forums so something doesn't add up there. But either way I need to get to the forum, so it's adding a step to be forced to click on a thread first then click straight back out of it. The work around for this would be bookmarks, but they haven't been made available yet either.

Bookmarks will be coming though right?

You should be able to click on the topic name underneath the thread, is that not working for you at the moment? :beard:

Could you pop bookmarks down as a feature request via the form when you get a minute, please? It'll get reviewed by the product team from there :smile:

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Original post by RainbowLapras

You should be able to click on the topic name underneath the thread, is that not working for you at the moment? :beard:

Could you pop bookmarks down as a feature request via the form when you get a minute, please? It'll get reviewed by the product team from there :smile:

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Couple of things:

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It wasn't intuitive that the forum named was a link, as this is far too small

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Not all my watched forums are visible there

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Is there no longer a limit for number of forums we can watch? For me it used to be five but I know other people had a small limit and some had no limit so I wonder if the shift to react has ironed this out

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I find it baffling that I need to feature request something that was already on the site and was seemingly chosen to be removed. I had expected the answer to be along the lines of "yes this is going to be built soon".

Original post by 04MR17

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Couple of things:

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It wasn't intuitive that the forum named was a link, as this is far too small

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Not all my watched forums are visible there

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Is there no longer a limit for number of forums we can watch? For me it used to be five but I know other people had a small limit and some had no limit so I wonder if the shift to react has ironed this out

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I find it baffling that I need to feature request something that was already on the site and was seemingly chosen to be removed. I had expected the answer to be along the lines of "yes this is going to be built soon".

Could you pop an issue in via the form for that one too, please, if you couldn't tell it was a link? We might need to review the design if it's not clear :holmes:

There shouldn't be a limit on how many forums you can watch now - the 5 forums most recently posted in will be displayed in that widget at present in the new widget! If you're missing forums there, please let me know what those are and I can take a look!

The react pages won't be a direct copy of showthread2, as some features are only used by a very small number of users, hence not being able to give an immediate and definitive answer regarding bookmarks :sadnod:

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Original post by RainbowLapras

Could you pop an issue in via the form for that one too, please, if you couldn't tell it was a link? We might need to review the design if it's not clear :holmes:

There shouldn't be a limit on how many forums you can watch now - the 5 forums most recently posted in will be displayed in that widget at present in the new widget! If you're missing forums there, please let me know what those are and I can take a look!

The react pages won't be a direct copy of showthread2, as some features are only used by a very small number of users, hence not being able to give an immediate and definitive answer regarding bookmarks :sadnod:

Bookmarks request done. They used to be available on forum pages and the homepage, so they aren't an ST2-user only issue in the slightest.

I don't know which forum is missing as I can't view my old homepage and I can't remember what was on it. Unless there is a link somewhere in settings to a list of watched forums that I may not know of? There were definitely 5 forums, and there are only 4 showing.

If there's only going to be space for 5 on the homepage then that is effectively a 5 forum limit, as I'm not going to be bumping forums just so they appear on my homepage.

Original post by 04MR17

Bookmarks request done. They used to be available on forum pages and the homepage, so they aren't an ST2-user only issue in the slightest.

I don't know which forum is missing as I can't view my old homepage and I can't remember what was on it. Unless there is a link somewhere in settings to a list of watched forums that I may not know of? There were definitely 5 forums, and there are only 4 showing.

If there's only going to be space for 5 on the homepage then that is effectively a 5 forum limit, as I'm not going to be bumping forums just so they appear on my homepage.

I believe that they're still displaying on forum pages, is that not the case for you?

Okay no problem, I'll do some investigation on this tomorrow as I'm working on the watched topics side anyway!

The topics would move in relation to which had the most recent posts - can I check what your use case would be for wanting specific ones to appear on your homepage, just so I'm clear? :smile:

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Original post by RainbowLapras

I believe that they're still displaying on forum pages, is that not the case for you?

Okay no problem, I'll do some investigation on this tomorrow as I'm working on the watched topics side anyway!

The topics would move in relation to which had the most recent posts - can I check what your use case would be for wanting specific ones to appear on your homepage, just so I'm clear? :smile:

No bookmarks on forum pages :nope:

Easy navigation primarily, especially as bookmarks have been removed from homepage. And instant information on latest posts in (all of) those forums clearly visible in one view. I'm used to there being a limit of 5, so it doesn't affect my experience but others in the past told me they could see 8, 9, 10 watched forums or more on their homepage. @CheeseIsVeg had at least 7-8.

Original post by 04MR17

No bookmarks on forum pages :nope:

Easy navigation primarily, especially as bookmarks have been removed from homepage. And instant information on latest posts in (all of) those forums clearly visible in one view. I'm used to there being a limit of 5, so it doesn't affect my experience but others in the past told me they could see 8, 9, 10 watched forums or more on their homepage. @CheeseIsVeg had at least 7-8.

Hm, I'll look into that one tomorrow and get back to you then :smile:

Okay thanks for the clarification on this, I'll make a note!

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Original post by PQ

(I’m a bit bewildered by the logic of moving the content users have actively opted into (watched threads/forums) below the feed and latest discussions)

I had requested that this customisation option be available so that users can choose what order the widgets display.

I'll repeat that in a new thread too just so it's been said three times in total.

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