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[Q] Subscribe to posts by thread OP only?

Hi there,
Most kernels or ROMs have a high-traffic thread with lots of people sharing their experience etc.
Every once in a while, the OP chimes in with an updated version of the ROM, or a bugfix etc.
I would like to keep up to date only with posts by the OP, to keep updates down to a manageable volume. I don't want an RSS feed of all new posts in the thread, but only those by the OP.
Is there a way to get such a feed? Or another way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?
Thank you in advance.

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There's no way to do it.
The only way that's close to seeing the OPs updates is to view the Most Thanked widget whilst on the desktop.
It highlights the posts which have received the most thanks, which is to make it easier to find the main information and updates.

I really like the idea! Would be extremely useful for a couple threads of mine.
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Has been recently suggested and the_scotsman is passing on this idea to mod committee.
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Isnt it possible by doing advanced search and providing op's username in posts made by "text box"?
As we have search this thread option in xda2013 theme version.. i dont know about other versions..
hit thanks button! If above post helps you..
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ezuk said:
Hi there,
I would like to keep up to date only with posts by the OP, to keep updates down to a manageable volume. I don't want an RSS feed of all new posts in the thread, but only those by the OP.
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I've been working on creating RSS feeds of XDA threads. Your request seems like a excellent improvement on what I have at the moment.
The current implementation will generate a RSS feed of the last three pages of any XDA thread. You can see the RSS of this thread here:
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=a41f01f197a7b89b1fcf6b72b3964a9a&_render=rss&t=1200001
If you're only interested in posts by the user "ezuk" you can filter the messages. To see only messages by "ezuk" or messages that quote "ezuk", add "&match=ezuk" to the URL.
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.r...6b72b3964a9a&_render=rss&t=1200001&match=ezuk
Interested? You can read more about the implementation here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975124

Wow, that's pretty cool! Any way to match only messages by "ezuk" (without ones that quote "ezuk")?

ezuk said:
Wow, that's pretty cool! Any way to match only messages by "ezuk" (without ones that quote "ezuk")?
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In the RSS feed, posts have the name of the author as title. So it will be no problem to distinguish posts by "ezuk" from posts from other members. Give it a try, and I think you'll see that the simple solution is probably good enough for you.
If you want to filter even more, you could use:
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=a41f01f197a7b89b1fcf6b72b3964a9a&_render=rss&t=1200001&match=posterName[^>]*>ezuk<
but that's not very intuitive.

Thank you, that helps!

Tidying-up/over-hauling the stickies etc

Over the next few days, I'm going to do a bit of tidying up in the various Defy sections.
The first part of that involves a new sticky in each section clearly stating what that section is for, what threads are or are not appropriate (ie no questions in the Dev section).
Hopefully this'll help cut down on the number of threads that need moving.
The proposed second part I would like some feedback on...
The act of stickying certain threads/guides/etc I've always found a little hit-and-miss and can inadvertently lead to unintended favouritism, not to mention you can eventually end up with a ridiculous number of threads stickied.
So the idea I had was that in the General and Dev sections (the two that currently have stickied threads), those threads would be un-stickied and replaced with a roll-up thread - kinda like this except there would be no other threads stickied along with it (other than the one mentioned in the first part that would explain the purpose of the section).
It's just a way of trying to keep the section as tidy as possible, though it's not the messiest, which is why I'm not 100% set on going ahead and would prefer to hear what people think.

A little clean up is a good idea.
I'm for a main roll-up thread in every section, that way the useful guides/infos will be easier to find/edit.
Trimis de pe Defy CM9

Hate when i see questions and request in dev section!
Do something!!!
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nogoodusername said:
Do something!!!
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What do you suggest?

Seems good. I myself have two popular guides in the general section you can't have missed (soft-sim unlock and double boot). How will the roll-up thread work exactly?
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nogoodusername said:
Hate when i see questions and request in dev section!
Do something!!!
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Best thing for now is to report the thread for maintance/moving that's what i have been doing with the dev section
Thanks again Step666 for cleaning up the ones i reported...... +1 on the rollup thread thread it makes things a lot easier for new users as they can find everything in one thread.

support the idea fully (both), but have to ask for something: to always keep that one stickied thread up-to-date, otherwise it has no sense. and the thread you linked didnt mention the 'all-in-one defy beginners guide' which i find very useful for everybody, so i think that should be involved too. and thanks for looking after the defy section, it did get quite messy over the last few weeks, months.
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Step666 said:
What do you suggest?
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Hmm...
What should we do?
I don't know?
Why do they post a que in dev section!
Maybe put up azrionach's(from xdatv) video about noobs on 1st page?
All I want is Dev Section to be clean
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Kayant said:
Best thing for now is to report the thread for maintance/moving that's what i have been doing with the dev section
Thanks again Step666 for cleaning up the ones i reported...... +1 on the rollup thread thread it makes things a lot easier for new users as they can find everything in one thread.
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I do nearly every day!!
Yesterday i reported 3 maybe!
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Is it possible to have two xda members governing one same thread? It would be best to keep a thread up to date if two people where allowed to edit the OP. Could it be possible?
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crakeron said:
Seems good. I myself have two popular guides in the general section you can't have missed (soft-sim unlock and double boot). How will the roll-up thread work exactly?
CM7 + CM9 double boot
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It would list all the current guides that are to be found in our Defy forums at the moment
Voted for the roll-up thread. What suggestions could we have about it? Like, which threads should be included?

I hate it when someone quotes the OP's post after 20-30 pages only to ask a question whose answer was in the previously 20-30 unread pages. Also, when someone quotes a really LONG post only to add a short answer/joke/offtopic question or a smiley and an encouragement.
Trimis de pe Defy CM9

crakeron said:
How will the roll-up thread work exactly?
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Similar to the one I linked-to, with a series of links to useful guides etc - except I'd probably go a step further and include a short description of what each thread contained.
There'd be one in this section and one in the Dev section.
zakoo2 said:
but have to ask for something: to always keep that one stickied thread up-to-date, otherwise it has no sense.
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I agree.
And that's where I'd need your help - whilst I own a Defy my primary handset now is my Galaxy Nexus, so I'm just not as clued up on things here as the rest of you.
So whilst I'd do my best to keep it updated, if there was a thread you felt was missing from the roll-up, then you'd be best to PM me and I could add it.
nogoodusername said:
Hmm...
What should we do?
I don't know?
Why do they post a que in dev section!
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Unfortunately, there's no way to force people to pay attention/follow the rules/behave like vaguely-competent individuals.
So all we can do is react to people who have posted in the wrong section.
crakeron said:
Is it possible to have two xda members governing one same thread? It would be best to keep a thread up to date if two people where allowed to edit the OP. Could it be possible?
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No, unfortunately the forum software doesn't allow for that.
I guess an alternative would be to have the 'roll-up' lists in the Defy Wiki where anyone can edit them and I would just have a link to them from the one sticky in each section.
niksy+ said:
It would list all the current guides that are to be found in our Defy forums at the moment
Voted for the roll-up thread. What suggestions could we have about it? Like, which threads should be included?
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Yeah, sure - that's exactly the sort of feedback that I'd want/need.
vap_66 said:
I hate it when someone quotes the OP's post after 20-30 pages only to ask a question whose answer was in the previously 20-30 unread pages. Also, when someone quotes a really LONG post only to add a short answer/joke/offtopic question or a smiley and an encouragement.
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Report them.

Step666 said:
Report them.
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Report them for what?
What category?
Haha now ull get more reports from me!!!
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nogoodusername said:
Report them for what?
What category?
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Doesn't really matter.
You can PM me directly if you prefer.
The important thing is if you see something wrong, you bring it to my attention...
nogoodusername said:
Haha now ull get more reports from me!!!
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Bring it on!
Seriously though, I really appreciate the work you all do reporting threads.
I couldn't do what I need to without all your help.

Step666 said:
Doesn't really matter.
You can PM me directly if you prefer.
The important thing is if you see something wrong, you bring it to my attention...
Bring it on!
Seriously though, I really appreciate the work you all do reporting threads.
I couldn't do what I need to without all your help.
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Ohk... just wanna keep defy forum clean! Thats all...
Bless u!
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Receive notification when OP is edited.

Is there such thing as receiving a notification when the first post of the thread I am subscribed to has been edited? It would be especially helpful on the developers' subforum.

It would be nice but no there is no way to get a notification when the op is edited.
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No need to worry though, because usually OPs post a reply in the thread that the first post has been edited. Like "updated to 2.1 version, please check the first post".
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anasdcool71 said:
No need to worry though, because usually OPs post a reply in the thread that the first post has been edited. Like "updated to 2.1 version, please check the first post".
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And when that is done,if the thread is subscribed,the user can get to a notification
POTATO!!!!

Prawesome said:
And when that is done,if the thread is subscribed,the user can get to a notification
POTATO!!!!
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Not always useful though, especially if the post gets 100+ replies per day anyway! :laugh:

lawrencew said:
Not always useful though, especially if the post gets 100+ replies per day anyway! :laugh:
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Unfortunately, that is caused by people posting stuff in the Dev threads that shouldn't be there. If people could actually understand what the Dev threads are for and not post cr4p in there like "Thanks" or "Why doesn't this work - I haven't bothered searching".

lawrencew said:
Not always useful though, especially if the post gets 100+ replies per day anyway! :laugh:
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That's a sacrifice that should be made unfortunately
POTATO!!!!

That's actually a very good idea :good:
I can't think of any easy way it could be implemented, but I'll mention it to the server admin just in case

Looking for my posts

I feel that this is a stupid question but I registered yesterday and now I looking for the threads I posted in. Well there is only one actually as I remembered where was the one thread I opened. I thought I would be automatically subscribed to the threads I open/post in.
Is there a way to see where I posted ?
Thanks

Yeah just look in ur profile and look at posts. That should do it. That was while using app. Go up to ur control panel and click on subscribed threads. Youll see ur posts on different threads .
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Rehv said:
Yeah just look in ur profile and look at posts. That should do it. That was while using app. Go up to ur control panel and click on subscribed threads. Youll see ur posts on different threads .
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Thanks Rehv for the quick reply but I looked in my profile before posting and all I could see was statistics about my posts but no way to see them...
I found the subscribed thread in the control panel though but I didn't subscribe to the thread I won't see it...
What am I missing here ?

at pc browser: click at Your user name and You should get that
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i'm not using app

stopa46 thanks a lot !! I would never have thought to look for my posts this way! Why not simply put an option in the control panel to see all written posts ? Anyway thanks again

You welcome m8, that might be usefull for other new members aswell. Cheers

Awesome! I didnt even know that one. Haha. Great shortcut. Thanks
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Rehv said:
Yeah just look in ur profile and look at posts. That should do it. That was while using app. Go up to ur control panel and click on subscribed threads. Youll see ur posts on different threads .
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Ur welcome. Ive lost some threads as well but now I c how to find them . Have a gud day.
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stopa46 said:
at pc browser: click at Your user name and You should get that
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i'm not using app
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Finally, Thank you so much stopa46, worked just fine. now off to play.
Please keep the good work up. You all do an amazing job on explanations.
Will always come here for advice and new goodies!

I also struggled with this, and had to find this thread to figure it out. I would have expected to find that stuff in the settings(gear) area, would never have thought to click my own username after failing to find it in the settings area Thanks for your help!

dev4droids said:
I feel that this is a stupid question but I registered yesterday and now I looking for the threads I posted in. Well there is only one actually as I remembered where was the one thread I opened. I thought I would be automatically subscribed to the threads I open/post in.
Is there a way to see where I posted ?
Thanks
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I had also dificulties to find it. Maybe XDADevelopers should take a look at stackoverflow how things are done in a decent and intuitive way.

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You should've put them all in one post, no offense.

Great to see you Mr Snifing
Now you changed to use J5 2016? XD

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snifing said:
guy,this is my thread and I know better what I'm doing
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Tbh he is correct it would be much better if you put all the download links in th OP so they are easier to find, all you are doing is creating a huge thread with only your posts in and no one will bother reading throught them all
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sawdoctor said:
Tbh he is correct it would be much better if you put all the download links in th OP so they are easier to find, all you are doing is creating a huge thread with only your posts in and no one will bother reading throught them all
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I think this is not possible,as app will be many and I specifically created this thread,any question in this thread I will delete via the complaint button

snifing said:
I think this is not possible,as app will be many and I specifically created this thread,any question in this thread I will delete via the complaint button
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I'm sorry but you can not have questions deleted in a thread it's the whole point of a thread
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sawdoctor said:
I'm sorry but you can not have questions deleted in a thread it's the whole point of a thread
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well I will delete your posts and close the thread :good:

sawdoctor said:
I'm sorry but you can not have questions deleted in a thread it's the whole point of a thread
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snifing said:
well I will delete your posts and close the thread :good:
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Hello @snifing
In regards to your comment above to the Xda Moderator. You can't delete any post, but you can remove the content of that post. And from what I can see is exactly what you did here. Next time your going to make a thread with a big list of apks, please put them all in the first post for everyone to find them. Not make 17 post for all 17 apks. Makes no sense and just creates way way to much clutter! Look below at how it would look in one post...
snifing said:
I think this is not possible,as app will be many and I specifically created this thread,any question in this thread I will delete via the complaint button
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Apks
App-1
App-2
App-3
App-4
App-5
And so...
And please have a look at the rule below.
5. Create a thread or post a message only once.
As a large forum, we don't need unnecessary clutter. You're free to edit your message as you like, so if you do not receive an answer, revisit your message and see if you can describe your problem better. Not everyone is online at the same time so it might take a while before you receive an answer.
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Bajanman