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Can we get popup notification when someone quotes your post

XDA the wonderful forum it is, but it has gone too big. Not that i'm complaining, but you're post seems to be lost many times because 100 other people posted after you especially in hot threads or ROM releases. So if you quoted someone or someone quotes you many times you skip it, or have to do a painful searches spanning 10's of pages...
Slickdeals.net (another big forum like XDA) has a wonderful system, that whenever someone quotes you're post you get a pop-up next time you log in with a link which takes you straight to the reply. I was wondering if such a system is possible here also?
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BUMP
This feature would be really nice to have!

I like to idea, but I think it depends on the forum system. As I remember XDA uses vBulettin, you should check if it's possible to do this and if so you could ask one of the admins to set it. So to answer your question it's possible, but the admins won't change the source of the forum to do this.
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I like this idea too. It might be too resource-intensive (we never want to add a feature that slows down the site). I'll ping our server admin to see if this would be possible.

I am really missing this type of feature!
Specifically, I know many other vBulletin forums that have a /whoquotedme.php page - it shows a list of the latest posts in which you were quoted. It greatly helps in discovering who's trying to communicate with you, answer a question you might've had, or ask one of you [without specifically sending a pm].
I believe something like http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=255285
I think it checks every post to see if there is a user id present when there is a quote in the post, and then associates a link to that post with the user who was quoted.
I haven't specifically heard of it being a resource hog, but then again I am not a vBulletin admin

ivolol said:
I am really missing this type of feature!
Specifically, I know many other vBulletin forums that have a /whoquotedme.php page - it shows a list of the latest posts in which you were quoted. It greatly helps in discovering who's trying to communicate with you, answer a question you might've had, or ask one of you [without specifically sending a pm].
I believe something like http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=255285
I think it checks every post to see if there is a user id present when there is a quote in the post, and then associates a link to that post with the user who was quoted.
I haven't specifically heard of it being a resource hog, but then again I am not a vBulletin admin
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I know of a similar addon for the correct version of vBulletin that does something like this...

pulser_g2 said:
I know of a similar addon for the correct version of vBulletin that does something like this...
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So why not post / install it?

ivolol said:
So why not post / install it?
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Discussed it with other mods, but we don't think it is needed at this time.

pulser_g2 said:
Discussed it with other mods, but we don't think it is needed at this time.
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Wow really, is it because is it too resource intensive? Slickdeals, is also hosted on vBulletin platform..
Sorry for the late reply and digging this thread up but ironically, I forgot to keep track of this thread

Mafioso said:
Wow really, is it because is it too resource intensive? Slickdeals, is also hosted on vBulletin platform..
Sorry for the late reply and digging this thread up but ironically, I forgot to keep track of this thread
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Yes, it was determined to be very resource intensive, for a site with 4 million users, as every post would have to be checked as it was made, to see if it mentioned someone...

pulser_g2 said:
Yes, it was determined to be very resource intensive, for a site with 4 million users, as every post would have to be checked as it was made, to see if it mentioned someone...
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how about allowing users to jump to their last posts in a thread?
having to search for your own post in a thread, especially a popular ROM thread for example, is a very annoying...

vis80k said:
how about allowing users to jump to their last posts in a thread?
having to search for your own post in a thread, especially a popular ROM thread for example, is a very annoying...
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Agree, nice idea. coul be also nice to have a better implementation of the actual search in a topic... Right now it is a bit confusing

That would be cool, but I'd be happy if notifications worked at all. Mine quit working two updates ago and haven't worked since.

PieceKeepr said:
That would be cool, but I'd be happy if notifications worked at all. Mine quit working two updates ago and haven't worked since.
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Are you referring to notifications to new replies on subscribed threads or new PMs? Those are definitely working. If your having an issue with that, we can certainly help you get to the bottom of why your not receiving yours.

When I want to go back to recent conversations I was involved in I use the "Find all posts by" link.
Click on your user name at the top right, select Statistics and there's the link - "Find all posts by your username". I've bookmarked this for easy access.
That way, if I've taken part in a conversation then I can carry on where I left off. If I don't want to see what people responded with then I obviously don't care, and that's up to me to choose. It's the easiest way to keep track of what you were involved in.

svetius said:
Are you referring to notifications to new replies on subscribed threads or new PMs? Those are definitely working. If your having an issue with that, we can certainly help you get to the bottom of why your not receiving yours.
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Hmmm. Well I just upgraded to a new phone yesterday so let me see if they work on the new one or not. I didn't turn them on assuming it was broken. I had an Eris and a lot of Eris users were complaining that the notifications had quit. I'll let you know.
Thanks

My notifications definitely are not working. I wiped all app caches, uninstalled the xda app, wiped data/dalvik cache and cache/dalvik cache and rebooted twice. I then reinstalled xda app, logged in and set preferences. Still no notifications and I have no idea why. Email and text messages work.
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all very good suggestions!

I hope they find a way to realize that.
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pulser_g2 said:
Yes, it was determined to be very resource intensive, for a site with 4 million users, as every post would have to be checked as it was made, to see if it mentioned someone...
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If you think of it like that way, it is...
However at slickdeals I think its implemented like whenever someone quote's, a notification is being sent to the ID whose post was quoted...that notification later pops up at bottom when that user logs on, similar to PM dialog which pops, you don't make an actual search in the post that if mentioned someone, so not that resource intensive I feel

Allow Editing of OP by Multiple Users?

Especially for ROMs, kernels, etc where the post needs to be updated frequently, this would be a great feature. It would help to keep the OP updated, if the developer doesn't have time etc, or is actually developing Is there a way to make it so the OP of a thread can grant a few people access to edit his post, like forum admins can?

Great idea for collaborative work!

The idea has come up before, but I think it would be fairly difficult to implement, so you could control who could edit your post...
Paul22000 said:
Especially for ROMs, kernels, etc where the post needs to be updated frequently, this would be a great feature. It would help to keep the OP updated, if the developer doesn't have time etc, or is actually developing Is there a way to make it so the OP of a thread can grant a few people access to edit his post, like forum admins can?
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We could have Wiki below the original post, which multiple users can edit, like slickdeals.net have...it works fairly well...

Ahem

Thread Wiki?
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=530283
http://boardreader.com/thread/Wiki_for_vbulletin_3_8_4_vtnX5jds.html
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=214649

Paul22000 said:
Thread Wiki?
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=530283
http://boardreader.com/thread/Wiki_for_vbulletin_3_8_4_vtnX5jds.html
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=214649
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I'm not aware of the code or addon for Thread Wiki being available, as I've looked before... Those are mostly people requesting it

pulser_g2 said:
I'm not aware of the code or addon for Thread Wiki being available, as I've looked before... Those are mostly people requesting it
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Oh, damn

How do I give thanks for a post?

Hello, all.
First of all, let me say that I did not make the decision to create a thread lightly. I have been a member of this forum for over a year, and this is my first post. I have looked everywhere, but cannot find this simple answer.
How do I thank a member for his/her excellent work? Specifically, I have been trying to thank twa_priv for his excellent Kindle Fire JB build, which I have been using fr the last week or so. I cannot find a thank button. I do not have permission to post in the thread; (which I do not have any intention of doing, anyway, unless I have a specific question or error to report) but, does that mean I do not have permission to thank? Do I need to spam away 9 more posts to have the right to thank someone? I read that there should be a picture of a flower (or, at least, there would be on Tapatalk, which I am not using), but don't see anything of the sort using Chrome on Ubuntu.
Thank you in advance.

sleepytown said:
Hello, all.
First of all, let me say that I did not make the decision to create a thread lightly. I have been a member of this forum for over a year, and this is my first post. I have looked everywhere, but cannot find this simple answer.
How do I thank a member for his/her excellent work? Specifically, I have been trying to thank twa_priv for his excellent Kindle Fire JB build, which I have been using fr the last week or so. I cannot find a thank button. I do not have permission to post in the thread; (which I do not have any intention of doing, anyway, unless I have a specific question or error to report) but, does that mean I do not have permission to thank? Do I need to spam away 9 more posts to have the right to thank someone? I read that there should be a picture of a flower (or, at least, there would be on Tapatalk, which I am not using), but don't see anything of the sort using Chrome on Ubuntu.
Thank you in advance.
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Left side of the screen under the poster's info. It says "Thanks."

estallings15 said:
Left side of the screen under the poster's info. It says "Thanks."
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Now that you have replied, the "Thanks" button has appeared on your and others' posts. I don't understand why it wasn't before, but all is fine now. Thank you!

sleepytown said:
Now that you have replied, the "Thanks" button has appeared on your and others' posts. I don't understand why it wasn't before, but all is fine now. Thank you!
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Hey, and you even hit it. Awesome! Perhaps you just need someone to reply to one of your posts to activate it initially? I learned something today.

Give thanks
left side there is a thanks button

To activate the thanks button, you need atleast one post as a member...
Courtesy: How to be a new user (and not a noob) {link mentioned in my signature}

a.cid said:
To activate the thanks button, you need atleast one post as a member...
Courtesy: How to be a new user (and not a noob) {link mentioned in my signature}
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And after posting sign out and back in. That is what worked for me.
And thanks to a.cid for posting how to be a new user. I read that a while back, before I ever joined xda. :banghead:
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a.cid said:
To activate the thanks button, you need atleast one post as a member...
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That's exactly the information I was looking for. The link was helpful, too. You may have noticed that I gave a disclaimer to my post. I have been using this forum for thirteen months without ever having posted anything. I felt like a total jerk for even having had to create a thread for something so trivial. I usually search and easily find the answer to any question, but was not finding anything about this. I am certainly trying not to be obnoxious to anyone. Thanks again!

sleepytown said:
That's exactly the information I was looking for. The link was helpful, too. You may have noticed that I gave a disclaimer to my post. I have been using this forum for thirteen months without ever having posted anything. I felt like a total jerk for even having had to create a thread for something so trivial. I usually search and easily find the answer to any question, but was not finding anything about this. I am certainly trying not to be obnoxious to anyone. Thanks again!
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We need more members who know how to search for answers. The fact that you made it 13 months without posting is impressive.

Thank you all for this post. Had I searched a day or two earlier, it probably would have been a lot harder to find this info.

Moved to About XDA section.

hopefully this solves it
I have the same problem. Hopefully this first post of mine will reveal the illusive thanks button

left side dont have meh?

Jv37 said:
left side dont have meh?
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You will need a few more thanks to move the meter, 24 more to be exact. Good Luck!!
[GUIDE] How to be a New User (and not a noob)

Trying to be a good new user I searched for how to give thanks and found this thread instead of spaming other threads with "Thanks for posting" Appreciate the clarification on why I couldn't see the thanks button.

Thank YOU!
I actually joined this site just to thank someone who posted an updated app, but wasn't sure how until I saw this.
Feels like a lot of hoops, but hopefully it's worth it.

It's at the bottom-left of the post . I don't have it at first but after my first post , *poof* it's there and available XD

Thanks for the thread as I also want to be able to give people their just due.

Just in addition:
On Tapatalk and XDA app, just long-press the post you want to thank for, then scroll a little bit to the right in the appearing actions menu and select "Thanks" (may be in your system's language).

Enable thanks button by having a post
This is my obligatory first post to enable the thanks button. Figured this was the best thread to do it.

Keyboard shortcuts to navigate forums / threads?

I looked around a bit and didn't see it, so I'll ask here. Are there any keyboard shortcuts to navigate through the forums and threads? I've just switched to the XDA 2013 beta theme, and still don't know if any are available. If not, please consider this in the future. I've gotten accustomed to using it on Slashdot, and it makes life easier sometimes. Thanks!

I don't believe that works here, but it sounds interesting. If you would like to request it please post it here:
(requests) From the Users to the Mods & Admins

It does.
Alt + F4 closes ALL forums.
Magic, isn't it?
Sent from my Ouya

QuantumFoam said:
It does.
Alt + F4 closes ALL forums.
Magic, isn't it?
Sent from my Ouya
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Uh, yeah. Thanks.

mf2112 said:
I don't believe that works here, but it sounds interesting. If you would like to request it please post it here:
(requests) From the Users to the Mods & Admins
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Great suggestion. I posted a reply in the thread. We'll see if it gains any consideration.

zx3junglist said:
Great suggestion. I posted a reply in the thread. We'll see if it gains any consideration.
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Good work, I know stuff like this can take a bit to implement, but the mods and admins are good about listening when we try to make good suggestions.

Please make use of the QUOTE/MENTION-Feature

Hello, all XDA-Users.
I know, most users know this, but not every XDA-Member…
I'd really like to say something here:
I truly see too many XDA-Users, that simply post something, without thinking about the fact, that somebody maybe overlook/misses your post.
Well, this is OK, but not, if the post is for a specific user.
If somebody wants to reply/say something to another user, without Quoting a Post of the user or mentioning somebody with @[Username]; the [Username] will not be notificated.
That will cause, that there's an extremely low chance, that [Username] will read the post. Maybe he/she looks at the thread at a random moment or recieves a private message etc. Maybe the Member is subscribed to the thread and takes a look randomlý.
But,
If you talk to somebody, please make use of the Quote/Mention-Feature‼
I'm saying this to anybody, who is a member on XDA-Developers.
[Quote="Username"]
Quoted Text [/QUOTE]
[MENTION]XDA-Member-ID[/MENTION] (mine is [B]6011384[/B]) or simply type @Username
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​ I hope, everybody will use the QUOTE/MENTION-Feature in future if neccesary and i also hope, it helped.
Thanks to all XDA-Users.

Thanks for this. Something needed to be said. :good:

ИΘΘK¡€ said:
Thanks for this. Something needed to be said. :good:
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I remember your signature once to have a text similar to the following one:
„If you want me to read your post, please either Quote/Reply to my post or type/paste @ИΘΘK¡€ in your post.“
Thanks for your reply
Many members actually forget to use Quote/Mention.

I think, it makes sense to put this into the Non-Urgent Forum rules.
I've seen another post, where Quoting/Mentioning isn't used.

@Hannah Stern, I believe this thread would be a better place for the recommendation you posted above - that way the mods can see it and consider it.

@Hannah Stern, I believe this thread would be a better place for the recommendation you posted above - that way the mods can see it and consider it.
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trying to learn how to quote >.<

[MENTION]6011384[/MENTION] @Hannah Stern So it sends them a notification, yet the username doesn't become a clickable link?
And no problem if the username has spaces in between?
*Edit: The username becomes a clickable link, and it appears that spaces in the username isn't a problem, when using with @
Even if you use the @ option, it automatically changes to mention option which you can see by editing the post.
Also, the correct way to use the Mention option is
[MENTION=XDA-Member-ID] 'any text here, preferably the username, and without the quotes' [/MENTION ]
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and not
[MENTION ]XDA-Member-ID[/MENTION ]
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as mentioned in the original post.

Krishna said:
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@Krishna Badgujar

hi
Jason said:
Testing out the quotecc
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@Hannah Stern
Just testing mention

Thanks!

@Zoandroid

@Smyl3
doesn't show in preview

@Zacky.gates777

[mention]5700705[/mention]

@Hannah Stern
I'm just testing.

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[mention]5700705[/mention]
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No it's like this
[user=74466237]@akky26[/user]
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Hannah Stern said:
Hello, all XDA-Users.
I know, most users know this, but not every XDA-Member…
I'd really like to say something here:
I truly see too many XDA-Users, that simply post something, without thinking about the fact, that somebody maybe overlook/misses your post.
Well, this is OK, but not, if the post is for a specific user.
If somebody wants to reply/say something to another user, without Quoting a Post of the user or mentioning somebody with @[Username]; the [Username] will not be notificated.
That will cause, that there's an extremely low chance, that [Username] will read the post. Maybe he/she looks at the thread at a random moment or recieves a private message etc. Maybe the Member is subscribed to the thread and takes a look randomlý.
But,
If you talk to somebody, please make use of the Quote/Mention-Feature
I'm saying this to anybody, who is a member on XDA-Developers.
​ I hope, everybody will use the QUOTE/MENTION-Feature in future if neccesary and i also hope, it helped.
Thanks to all XDA-Users.
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It should be obvious to me, but it isn't - is there and quick icon to apply the mention tags, or do you have to type the whole thing in? Thanks
Edit: sorry I was tired when posted this. Penny dropped.. @thugslug

[MENTION=XDA-Member-ID] @__Andrew_ [/MENTION ]
@[__Andrew_]
Just testing

just checking
@Hannah Stern
@HannahStern
@[Hannah Stern]
@ Hannah Stern
@HannahStern