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No Parking on this blog post

I am honored the TLW would ever consider parking her comment on my post so that she can follow what may develop in the comment thread. It's a common tactic around ActiveRain and the greater blogosphere. Maybe you don't have anything to say right that minute about a particular post, but you want to see what others are saying and have those comments delivered to your email inbox. Maybe you just want a little time to collect your thoughts so you can go back and comment later. Maybe you just want to see how the thread develops before you leave your comment, but you don't want to have to remember to go back and find the post later. So what do you do?

You park your comment on the post and check the 'notify me of comments' box. But you have to leave something, so you just say "parked".

Well those sneaky developers of ours slid in a little feature sometime in the last few days so you no longer have to do that. You can just ask to be notified of comments without even leaving a comment of your own. TLW, you are still welcome to park on my posts, we just didn't want you to have to if you didn't want to.

At the bottom of every post now is a check box that says:

'Notify me of new comments'

This isn't just a feature for logged in members either. Anyone can park themselves on your post and ask to be notified of comments. It makes sense, right? They could come back tomorrow and read all the comments if they wanted to, so we are just making it easier for them to keep up with the conversation on their terms, in their own inbox.

Once you would prefer to stop being notified of comments on the post, you can go back to the post and there is a button that will say:

(I must admit. I could be losing my mind. This feature could very well have been around for a lot longer than the last few days. Jeff is the only other one in the office and he thinks he saw it sometime last week. Jorgen isn't here for me to ask him when it was added. At any rate, none of us have written about it and I thought it was cool. I often want to follow comment threads but don't necesarily have anything of value to add at that moment to the post)

(update: I am not crazy!! Jorgen confirmed it just went live this morning.........well I'm not crazy on this one thing. I could very well be crazy on many other accounts :-) )

Update: I guess this would be a little cooler if you still had the ability to subscribe to comments when you leave a comment. Should have that back soon. Right now this is the only way you can subscribe to comments. I'm so out of touch.........

Do you care what I'm doing and thinking? (I can not for the life of me imagine why) If you do, you can find me on some of these places........but remember, if you are offended by anything you see or hear, I didn't force you to follow me!!:

Posted by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain on 02/20/2009 08:32 PM

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85 Comments on No Parking on this blog post

FEB

Bob - it's nice to be able to follow comments without having to post. I don't know that the "stop notifying" me button really has much use - I used to go back to edit my comment, and just uncheck it. On second thought that method wouldn't work if you didn't leave a comment in the first place.

Bob- That is really a good idea for those who like to park:) Cute profile photo:)

Thanks Bob for all you do. Still trying to figure out what/if I should do with the outside blog which we spoke briefly about several weeks ago.

I just wanted to stop (not park) and comment on the handsome little guy on the laptop. :)

Hi Bob~ I love the new profile photo, what a happy little child! What was he watching on that computer that had hm smiling so much? LOL..... Thanks for letting us know about this new feature.

what will they think of next?

Jp... jk....Just parking... just kidding. By the way, why is my profile picture not coming up when I do have an outside blog... www.judygreenberg.com

See? I just knew there was a new "something new"

I guess this would be a little cooler if you still had the ability to subscribe to comments when you leave a comment. Should have that back soon.

No worries, Bob. I think most of us realize the only constant, with ActiveRain, is change! :)

Very cool! Oh and love the new profile pic -

Bob - Ok, that's a good feature...but is that the explanation for this then? (Sorry to just link it, but its a two part question really and my post explains it already.) So you know - I flagged my post as "other" so that someone from ActiveRain would see it and know this was going on (in case they didn't already).

Bob- I just have to remember to never use that option with one of Brad's posts - my inbox can't handle it ;-)

Changes, I wondered where my email alerts were... now I know.. I used to get notified of all the comments on my posts... so I could go and respond in a timely manner, I thought that was cool, today they were missing and I logged into AR several times to check.. I thought for a bit that I was being ignored? LOL.

Thanks for the information BOB, now I know what to do to continue getting my emails about comments. Makes sense. :)

I had no idea this had happened. Things are changing so fast! Most are for the better, I think.

Thank you for adding the new features. In the 3 weeks I have been blogging here there have been so many changes! It's exciting to be a part of this dynamic on-line community.

I kinda like parking around AR, now I can lurk around AR but not as much entertainment as parking.... I bet TLW will still do her reserved parking.

Ann

WidowMaker (Bob Stewart)...

Thank you. I appreciate that. However...Parking is one of my Trademarks. I can't stop doing it now. The Members would think something was terribly wrong with me :)

I was just over at Brad Blogs asking to have my notify me of new comments back. I didn't even notice the change. I guess those Grand Kids have left me a bit brain dead for the day :)

P.S. Go to my Blog and enjoy. Like Grammy, Like Grand Son :)

TLW...ROAR!

So many changes...so little time! We may need a tutorial so we can keep up! :-)

And I thought that TLW only parked with BB! Now everyone can park anonymously..... or What goes on in Active Rain stays in Active Rain...hmmmm

bob "aka crazy eyes" stewart

Bob, you CrAzY? Remember the several comments saying that you had crazy eyes? That was from the AR party in NYC back in January 2008.

But what about those that said, parking, waiting for comments, but what they really wanted was their 25 points? lol

In any case, this is awesome. Thanks AR for doing this. And thanks Bob for sharing this.... because there were many times I just didn't have time to comment or something to add, but I wanted to go back to read the comments when there were new ones.

So, what's next? Up your sleeve?

PS... this is like my first comment in like 2 1/2 days... lol & hardly any in like 5 days.

Jeff Belonger

I've been using this feature, I thought, for a while. I didn't realize it was new. You guys are always impressing me. Thanks!

Cool... Yet another feature with the membership in mind.

Gotta love it!!!!!

Bob - Thanks for the tutorial, learn something new everyday. I've never parked before!

Bob, don't get me wrong I appreciate all the cool things you folks do for us.

How about ya'll put out a list of all of the changes for the week, I just can't keep track.

Bob, I'm lovin all the new stuff. It's like Christmas morning every day around here! Thanks for the email yesterday...I'm sooo thrilled!

Thank you for helping all of us who find new things on AR daily to feel "part of a group"...

This is a great feature. Nice pictures on the comments, too.

Bob... Great topic here... I'm sure there are many who park from time to time....

BTW... I'm parked too....

Bob - First, I love the "rainmaker" stamps... I also like the new option to follow a thread without leaving a comment. As always, you're making AR better and better.

I just like when TLW parks, I always know something good is about to happen ;)

To seem important, here are my words. They don't say anything, yet they exist because you posted.

As far as what you are actually writing about Mr. Stewart, you may have just saved many email servers from getting torched every now and again.

I don't care what Jacobson says about you, I think you guys do a pretty darn good job the majority of the time:)

*atemoya*

I was going to say... not crazy? Don't exaggerate. As to the new feature... Cool, but there are times when the 259 comments from a post would "make" me crazy.

I have often wanted to follow a post without leaving a comment. Great feature!

wow, I am gone a couple of days and all the fun stuff come s out. love the park/no park cheryl

Thanks for this info. I use to comment and check the box to "notify me of new comments". My inbox was so full of messages when I used this on one of Brad's post...go figure! Ilike the improved way..

Love the Kelan pic - is he handling AR customer support now? No, he looks so happy. Maybe you just showed him the 'delete' button...:)

I just followed my first post - of which I dod comment first. Well, I didn't realize it would have had so many responses. My Blackberry was dinging all day long with the responses that I had to unsibscribe so I could get on with my day!

Very cool! So many new wonderful happenings here on AR! I am glad I saw this post. Being the knucklehead that I am I probably would not have noticed the "Notify me of new comments" box! Now I can lurk and still learn without commenting! :)

Howdy there Bob

The ckeck box to notify of new comments. Is something that, I never used. Y'all sure have been adding a lot of new things to the community. Thats for sure, Thank you

God Bless America

Bob - This is a great addition. I hadn't noticed it yet.

I like this new feature. How about numbering comments to make it easier to return to a popular post, or refer to other comments within our own comment?

Can't think that things around here would be the same without 'TLW' and her fantastic ROAR. That said, thanks for the update on comments.

Bob - That's a really good idea. Every day I look to see what ya'll have done new and exciting! Thanks!

FEB

This is great! Will the Stop Notifying Me of New Comments button override a checkbox from an earlier comment?

(I used to have to search through old comments to figure out which one I had checked the box on in long threads!)

Bob,

Congrats on the feature post! I love being able to follow new coments. That was a great feature added.

This is a great idea, right now I would just be happy with being notified of the comments I got on my own posts. I got featured today and didn't get a single e-mail of the comments, I was thinking Activerain had lost the love.

Todd: I didn't get a feature.. but I have noticed this too.. No e-mail notification of blog comments.. :(

Bob thanks for bringing to my attention. I know I'll use it.

You guys just keep crankin' out the new ideas....thanks!

When that works, that will be really cool. I have not had the creativity to leave a "parked" comment so that I could check the box so I end up leaving some lame comment so that I can get the updates.

Your post also answered the question that I had of "Where did the 'Notify me of new comments' button go. It used to be below where you left a comment and now I see that it is at the end of the post. Thanks!

Scary thought, when you're not able to keep up with the recent changes either Bob :)

Well this just goes to show that you guys are working your tails off to continue to bring us new features and improve existing ones.

Continued thanks for everything you and the rest of the staff do. We appreciate it!

Sincerely, Active Castellum

This is an awesome feature. I often follow interesting articles and comments therein. This will save me some work on my own "my home" page where I follow comments.

Unless I'm mistaken and I've led a very sheltered life, these types of features are unique to ActiveRain.

Great addition. Can you check my blog, I am not getting any emails when folks leave a comment. Did I break AR. I like to read them on my blackberry and you know I am traveling today.

i just can't keep up with you guys! I just go with the flow - makes my life easier! i am always amazed and the little tweeks (not to be confused with tweets) that I find almost everytime I log in - much appreciated!

How very cool is that? Nicely done Active Rain! I am sure lots of folks didn't even get the reasoning behind 'parking.' You did a great job explaining that.

Bob, Very cool feature. So will the other e-mails about us updating our blogs go away?

Yeah but now I have to check it before I comment...especially if the next comment is all the way down here. And why don't I have a picture in my comments?

Never a dull moment around these parts. Thx for the explanation Bob.

What kind of creative Kool-aid juices have yall been drinking this week? wow, so many changes. Thanks for continuing to evolve and make AR a great place to be!

Bob,

This is a great idea, thanks for the explination!

Bob - With all the changes lately, it's hard to keep up. It's like driving on the Autobahn at 120mi/hr. or more which is pretty fascinating when no traffic jam.

Bob, right now it seems that I am typing in a box that has totally disappeared. My guess is that there must be a bug of some kind in the comment sections that are being worked on. Last night it became impossible to leave comments.

The new parking with no restrictions...sounds like a great idea, though.

And love the little guy on the computer. Pretty soon he'll be running AR! Won't be long.

So if I understand it correctly this allows CyberStalkers to follow your post without us ever knowing?

Totally off subject..Seems like if you log on with internet explorer the pictures don't show up and the little rain drop covers part of the commentor's name. Are you aware of this? Also spell check and add a link are missing..in fact the whole comment box is missing.

Bob I noticed that for the first time yesterday when I went to check the “notify me” box after I made a comment and it was not there. So after hunting around for it I noticed this box up at the top. So now I am a little confused, are we now going to be notified of all comments on all future blogs that this member writes, since this new box seems to be a onetime thing, or will it know not to notify us until we make a comment on future blogs. It would be nice if one of the BOYS would write a blog explaining this.

Sandra, We are having some issues with Internet Explorer this morning. The bugs are causing display problems with the comments. We will have it resolved soon. I am sorry for the inconvenience!

Bob, I was wondering where that option went. It use to appear at the bottom where I commented so for the last few posts, I've just had to go back for comments. I see it now. Thanks for pointing it out.

Hi. I have a shocking statement to make! I liked it better the old way! lol! Like most people, I hate change. I keep forgetting to click it up at the post and then I hit submit and it's not done! Also a question... when I do click it, I get the option to subscribe, but I am usually already subcribed to that person's blog. What is this button for?

Bob - I love this too! There have been many posts I bookmarked because there was no way to follow the comments if I wanted to go back to it at a later date. To follow up on Missy comment, I stopped receiving emails after the first 5 comments on a post I wrote that ended up with over 80 comments that I never knew were there until I actually logged into my Active Rain account.

Bob - Ahh the old internet explorer problems. Seem like there is a new bug every other day with IE7 or above. I guess I gotta go start firefox up again and just use it from now on. It's much safer and nicer anyway. Nice new pic Bob. Thanks for all your help and will be calling you next week about our outside blog. Have a good weekend dude!

Bob H

Bob--I saw the box...another cool new feature. Lots of them coming out almost daily from you guys...Do you ever sleep?

Dan Cummings Sorry I didn't login. Left this comment from my iphone. A cyberstalker could come read the post anytime they want. We were trying to make it eAsy for a consumer to follow a thread. Thank you for finding the pessimistic side though and bringing to everyones attention. It is a danger inherent in exposing yourself on the net. A crazy person does not need the ability to have comments delivered to their inbox to be crazy. They can JUST READ THE POST a week from now.......

Bob,

This thingy is indeed quite valuable to those who need an extra month or two to comment on something. And, yes, your are not alone in being out of touch.

FEB

Bob: What happened to the little "Bookmark" icon, at the bottom of each blog? Even on this blog entry there is only the red flag, and the envelope, NO Bookmark!!!!

Bob - You guys are always coming out with cool stuff ! Rock on !!!

nice to see it growing 'round here. nice tool to spy.

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I didn't even notice that little button.

FEB

Can you also be notified when someone changes a profile photo? I mean... well... because I'm now wanting to officially track your Benjamin Buttonesque progress.

MAR

Bob, I do feel this is a good addition to the already wonderful AR world. There have been a lot of changes to AR in the short 8 months I have been active. I must say, I have understood all of them and agree with 99% of them. Can't wait to see what's next.

I like the concept of both buttons. I once, early on and knowing no better, asked to be told about all comments and there were hundreds of them. I would have liked a button to get it to stop.

MAR

WhooHoo! I can't wait till we get it back! :)

MAR

AquaBob?

I ain't calling you that :)

Do you still see that somewhere? I thought I changed it back everywhere. Jon had a little fun with my Avatar last week. Hey, at first I was 'Wonder Bob' and my avatar was my face on Wonder Woman's body. I told him I'd play along for a day if he made me 'aquaman' instead. So he did.

APR

I just read this long after it was posted ... and finally learned what "parking" means .... so that's what it is ~ Thanks for the explanation!

JUN

Bob,

First used "notify" me button when I joined 2 months ago - so maybe Jorgen is the one who is crazy! I learned quickly to use it sparingly because one gets a unique email for each comment. Not an issue on my posts, but I do not recommend it for Lenn, Todd, Brad, you, etc.

I prefer to use my comment section to check back later - guess this is the parking concept.

Bet TLW will park her cute little bottom any place she chooses!

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