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Old Sep 10, 2014 | 12:48 pm
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lin821
 
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Originally Posted by nsx
With the recent addition of the "Breaking News" alert button at the bottom of each post,
Where is the button for this new addition?

Originally Posted by SkiAdcock
Ps -the news button is a trial at this point and only available to mods and a few long time FTers and TB members. Because of that I'm quite surprised you'd bring it up publicly. For others who Don't fit into the category of FTers currently granted access for the trial bit are now wondering why it is, it's basically a button that allows you to alert IB to a thread that you think is newsworthy and should be considered for news on FT' s home page.
Thanks for the answer, Sharon!

Originally Posted by nsx
My point was that IB can implement what TB asks for, within reason.
Originally Posted by SkiAdcock
Evidently Ib has been working on news concept for a while and not in response to a TB request.
The reality is IB implements what IB wants, whether within reason/TB requests or not.

The sad truth is certain improvement, such as FT Premium and some functional mobile apps, has long been put on hold or ignored by IB.

Originally Posted by SkiAdcock
I'd much rather they put their efforts into a decent mobile app given how many people now access websites, bbs that way, vs doing news or like. Having a decent mobile app would benefit more of our 500,000 members than news or like.
Amen!

Last edited by lin821; Sep 10, 2014 at 1:09 pm Reason: adding quotes/responses
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