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New feature added (opt-in only): marking new comments (and which topics have any)
It's not quite notifications for replies/mentions yet, but in a similar vein, I've now added a feature that will mark which comments in a thread are new since your last visit, and also mark which topics have any new comments when you're on the listing page (like "9 comments (3 new)").
To fit with Tildes's approach to privacy, this feature is disabled by default and requires you to opt in.
There's a link to the page to do this from your settings page, which is linked from the sidebar on your userpage. The page explains the privacy implications and allows you to enable it if you want to use it.
Let me know what you think of it, more new stuff coming soon.
Wait, so I don’t need to pay $3.99/mo for this feature? What a time to be alive.
Social media feature micro-transactions and DLC... I can't wait for the loot boxes!
Investors gotta make money money, make money money.
If all features can have this level of communication around them, that would be just wonderful.
I went to have a look at what I was getting into by enabling this, and you gave a rundown on exactly what was going to be tracked by opting in.
That's awesome. Thanks.
Thanks, glad that you like it. I don't know if it'll get tiresome eventually ("another feature, another 8 paragraphs of details to read"), but I think it's good to do, especially when there are privacy implications.
From a legal-ish perspective this seems to be something that a lot of privacy regulations are leaning towards as well—don't have a giant 50-page privacy policy, but try to explain the implications "in context" when possible, that way people can make the choice consciously at the time they're enabling the feature.