Mar 29, 2017, 9:22 am
Last edit by: Zorak
Disable email notifications of quoting:
My FlyerTalk > User Tagging (way at the bottom of the left-hand side navbar) > Settings > Hide Quote Alerts
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/usertag.php?do=profile&action=options
Prevent others from "follow"ing you
My FlyerTalk > Edit Options > Login & Privacy > Don't allow other users to follow me
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/profile.php?do=editoptions
My FlyerTalk > User Tagging (way at the bottom of the left-hand side navbar) > Settings > Hide Quote Alerts
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/usertag.php?do=profile&action=options
Prevent others from "follow"ing you
My FlyerTalk > Edit Options > Login & Privacy > Don't allow other users to follow me
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/profile.php?do=editoptions
New FT features 27 Mar 2017 for logged in users not using ad blockers
Mar 27, 2017, 4:56 pm
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Someone should tell the system that. My emaol box is flooded with SPAM as far as I'm concerned. Everything a person quotes you, you get another.
BTW real websites don't turn junk like this on with no notice, test their updates before making them live, and finally they listen to their user base.
BTW real websites don't turn junk like this on with no notice, test their updates before making them live, and finally they listen to their user base.
So we have turned that feature into an OPT-IN feature, so that you will need to go to your MyFT and turn it ON if you want quote notifications; I will add this to a future announcement.
Thanks for your vigilance!
Paul
Mar 27, 2017, 4:57 pm
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Quote notifications are now OPT-IN -- see above!
Here's how to turn them ON:
Go to MyFlyerTalk
Go to USER TAGGING
Go to SETTINGS
Go to:
Quote Restriction (to only be alerted when someone on your friends list quotes you)
Quote Alerts (to never be alerted when you're quoted)
Quote emails (Check this box if you wish to receive an email whenever you are quoted in a post)
SAVE CHANGES
Here's how to turn them ON:
Go to MyFlyerTalk
Go to USER TAGGING
Go to SETTINGS
Go to:
Quote Restriction (to only be alerted when someone on your friends list quotes you)
Quote Alerts (to never be alerted when you're quoted)
Quote emails (Check this box if you wish to receive an email whenever you are quoted in a post)
SAVE CHANGES
Last edited by IBobi; Mar 27, 2017 at 5:49 pm
Mar 27, 2017, 5:47 pm
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Someone should tell the system that. My emaol box is flooded with SPAM as far as I'm concerned. Everything a person quotes you, you get another.
BTW real websites don't turn junk like this on with no notice, test their updates before making them live, and finally they listen to their user base.
BTW real websites don't turn junk like this on with no notice, test their updates before making them live, and finally they listen to their user base.
Mar 27, 2017, 6:15 pm
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Mar 27, 2017, 6:20 pm
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Mar 27, 2017, 6:41 pm
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Who knew there'd be an advantage to not being social media savvy? 
Haven't had any of the problems others have experienced.
One thing I will say though is that it would behoove IB to do a lot of research/polls/surveys amongst FTers whenever they decide to implement something that will 'enhance' FT. It would help avoid pissing off FTers. However, it's common knowledge that FT does its enhancements for the sake of IB & not FTers.
Cheers.
Haven't had any of the problems others have experienced.One thing I will say though is that it would behoove IB to do a lot of research/polls/surveys amongst FTers whenever they decide to implement something that will 'enhance' FT. It would help avoid pissing off FTers. However, it's common knowledge that FT does its enhancements for the sake of IB & not FTers.
Cheers.
Mar 27, 2017, 6:46 pm
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Who knew there'd be an advantage to not being social media savvy? Haven't had any of the problems others have experienced.
One thing I will say though is that it would behoove IB to do a lot of research/polls/surveys amongst FTers whenever they decide to implement something that will 'enhance' FT. It would help avoid pissing off FTers. However, it's common knowledge that FT does its enhancements for the sake of IB & not FTers.
Cheers.
Haven't had any of the problems others have experienced.One thing I will say though is that it would behoove IB to do a lot of research/polls/surveys amongst FTers whenever they decide to implement something that will 'enhance' FT. It would help avoid pissing off FTers. However, it's common knowledge that FT does its enhancements for the sake of IB & not FTers.
Cheers.
1. The only part of the tool that was a problem was quote notifications.
2. We did not know they were even there, so even if we asked someone about the tools we implemented, we would not have asked about the tool that ended up being a minor, temporary annoyance.
3. Quote notices are now turned off by default so won't be an issue any longer.
Mar 27, 2017, 7:16 pm
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How do I stop the popup asking me to turn off my ad blocker to get the new features? I don't need it popping up every time I click on something. No, I'm not going to turn off the ad blocker yet.
Edit to add: I see that it only pops up on new forums I haven't visited yet. I guess that is okay.
Edit to add: I see that it only pops up on new forums I haven't visited yet. I guess that is okay.
Last edited by DeafFlyer; Mar 27, 2017 at 7:28 pm Reason: added sentence
Mar 27, 2017, 7:36 pm
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How do I stop the popup asking me to turn off my ad blocker to get the new features? I don't need it popping up every time I click on something. No, I'm not going to turn off the ad blocker yet.
Edit to add: I see that it only pops up on new forums I haven't visited yet. I guess that is okay.
Edit to add: I see that it only pops up on new forums I haven't visited yet. I guess that is okay.
I've had that stupid message shoved at me a good 20 times in the last 15 minutes.
Mar 27, 2017, 7:45 pm
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Is there any way to disable having the system automatically link hashtags? i wanted to use the number sign as a number sign, but FT tried to make it a hashtag. I think a post-by-post disabling, like how we can disable smileys on a post-by-post basis, would be good for this feature if we want to actually use # as a number sign.
Mar 27, 2017, 9:12 pm
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Mar 27, 2017, 11:34 pm
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