SOLVED: How to remove a thread from the "Show new replies to your posts" list? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 06:34:34 am
content: I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find a thread discussing it:I often use the "Show new replies to your posts" link to check for updates in threads I have been recently involved in. But sometimes a thread drags on and on, maybe moves in a direction I am less interested in, and I would prefer not to track it any longer. Is there a way to "unsubscribe" from such a thread, so that it no longer shows up in the "Show new replies to your posts" list?

author: kripton2035
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 06:42:00 am
content: I'm afraid you can't.I would like such a possibility too...

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 06:45:27 am
content: And while we're here, I want the opposite ... a way to follow a thread without having to post something inane just in order to have posted to it...(which I hope I haven't done, but it's been tempting)

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 06:53:58 am
content: Hmm, I just found an "Ignore topics options" page in the user profile section. It seems that you can select up to 100 threads to be "ignored". According to the short description on that page, this means they won't show up in the "unread posts" and "new replies" lists, but do still appear in the board views -- exactly what I want.But where is the link or button to actually "ignore" a thread in that way? Can't spot it anywhere in the thread or "unread" lists... Thanks for helpful hints!

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 07:05:04 am
content: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/this-is-how-you-work-the-ignore-user-in-threads-feature/msg32730/#msg32730

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 07:09:55 am
content: Quote from: tpowell1830 on June 10, 2017, 07:05:04 amThat thread seems to discuss how to ignoreusers, which is not what I'm after.

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 07:13:01 am
content: oh sorry, copied the wrong link.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/forum-update-new-ignore-topics-feature/

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 07:17:19 am
content: Ah, thanks! That indeed seems to relate to the "ignore topics" feature I found in the profile settings.Quote from: EEVblog on April 13, 2015, 11:36:10 pmBut heck -- where is that button in the top right of the Unread Posts page?!Probably I'm just blind to the obvious; or does it have to be enabled in the user profile somehow?

author: tpowell1830
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 07:26:02 am
content: if you look at the instructions from the 3rd commenter on the link, tautech.

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2017, 07:32:16 am
content: Bingo, thank you!Activating that option is not obvious, but it works as advertised.So, for the record:Quote from: tautech on April 14, 2015, 01:02:56 am