Kosh
May 21, 2020, 9:40pm
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With coronavirus leading to an increase in off-topic threads, I thought this might be a good time to remind people who still want to use the forums for helping or finding information, how to mute topics and how to find them again…
Muting topics: Simply select ‘Muted’ from the tracking options inside the thread.
Opening threads that have previously been muted: Go to 'preferences, click on categories and select ‘show’ as shown:
and lastly it is also possible to mute a whole category if you wish to do so. eg General Chat.
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I like general chat. Isn’t that the point of having it? For off topic threads?
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Kosh
May 21, 2020, 9:43pm
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Yes, I guess it is but it’s worth telling those that aren’t interested how to mute it so they can still use forums without the clutter.
Unfortunately the muted threads still prompt the ‘New or updated topics count’ in the tab which I don’t have a solution for.
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Do the muted threads show up when clicking on that tab? Or is there a counting discrepancy when viewing that?
That seems like a bug that should be reported to the Discourse developers.
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Kosh
May 21, 2020, 11:54pm
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After some less than rigorous testing, I believe that if you mute a whole category then everything works as it should but if you only mute certain threads then the count in the tab still comes up to show there is something new to look at.
This came up after the latest post in ‘Guess the person…’ which I have muted:
which makes it a little harder to keep an eye on forums because the system ‘cries wolf’ through no fault of the posters.
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Seems like a bug, or at least a good suggestion for a design improvement.
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Kosh
May 22, 2020, 12:42am
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Done. Another site, another account, usual password too short. I am either an eternal optimist or a fool. https://meta.discourse.org/t/muted-topics-still-notifying-me-on-meta/40124/6
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Kosh:
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Kosh
May 22, 2020, 11:34am
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trohde
May 23, 2020, 12:20am
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Gia
May 26, 2020, 4:40pm
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If I mute a topic but someone @ me, quotes me or replies to a post I made long ago, will I be notified?
HHG
May 26, 2020, 4:49pm
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No, you will not be notified.
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It’s exactly the difference between “Normal” and “Muted”
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Gia
May 26, 2020, 5:23pm
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Muted also doesn’t appear in latest.
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You could make a suggestion for that. Although that might be the forum software, not the OGS side.
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This would very much be the forum software, but the good news is its community-oriented, so they’re always taking suggestions!
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yebellz
September 16, 2020, 2:55am
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For some reason, I feel like it’s a good time to remind people of the “Topic Muting” feature of these forums. I wouldn’t want anyone to feel annoyed.
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nonononono
don’t be that person. We want to be heard and loud!
Not silent and shut up by being muted.
Tbh I don’t really care much for some threads but I recommend muting a thread instead of a topic if you were to mute something.
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