Nofity is now automatically turned on but ...

@whyaskq (7523)
Singapore
March 21, 2010 9:04am CST
I used to dislike approving friends' request because I need an extra step to turn notify on for each friend's request separately. The extra step is often skipped because it took a while for the page to refresh. This is not so anymore! It was a breeze approving friend's request now. Notification is automatically set to ON. I certainly appreciate this move as I only respond to friends' discussions via email notification! My eyes started to roll when I scroll through my friends' list. There weren't any with notifications OFF! Oh dear! Will my mailbox be spammed again if I do not want to go through the list to turn notify off for certain friends. I was caught in a fix! My friends and friends-to-be, do you have the same problem? What would you do if you are in the boat? Let it be and just delete the unwanted mails? Spend the night going through the friends' list and turn off one by one or simply delete the friend?
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7 responses
• Philippines
22 Mar 10
If I am caught in the certain situation, I would delete all the e-mails but I won't remove my friends. I will turn the notification to 'off' so that my inbox won't be full even if it would take me an hour to do it. What I do is I go to the homepage and go to the 'discussions my friend started' on the right instead of receiving e-mail notifications. That way, I could see all the topics on one page and just open them in new browsers.
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
22 Mar 10
previously, i would leave the mail on for a week, but nowadays, it seems 3 days is too much. i seem to see discussions which i have responded from mylot digest. As for the homepage, it is a big no no for me... too slow.
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
22 Mar 10
this is one of the features i like most after the upgrade. though it will turn our inbox into flood area of notification from mylot, i love this because, just like you, i respond to my friends discussion from inbox. i am really glad with this upgrade to friend requests.
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
22 Mar 10
great minds think alike? lol.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
21 Mar 10
I like the fact that the notify comes on automatically. If I have a problem with too many from one person, that don't interest me, I will turn them off.
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
22 Mar 10
I too welcome the notify turn on automatically. It is just those I have turn off were turned on again.
21 Mar 10
To be honest, I have had to go through the list and switch the notification OFF, I was finding a mailbox crammed full every day and while I love to be able to read and respond to all my friends here, it was getting a little too much.
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
22 Mar 10
I certainly agree with you. I am fine with one or 2 mails but a whole list? It simply call for the trashbin. lol.
• Singapore
21 Mar 10
Wow bighead, this sounds like a commercial. But one with a hidden negative meaning? So far, I am still accepting all friend requests. But I don't get any email notifications from them so I am not sure if they are notify-off or they are just not starting discussions. Spam is awesome. Just a bit salty.
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
22 Mar 10
hmmm.. I am not that devious. I shall take your comment as a compliment. Time to write commercials
@gerald_lian (2188)
• Australia
21 Mar 10
This new notification thing has been driving me nuts too. In the past, I used to enjoy browsing all my friends' discussions and responding to those I feel are interesting; in fact, I loved it the manual style. But now that notification has been automatically turned on, all those notifications start pouring into my email inbox, and it is certainly not very welcome considering some of my friends start so many discussions that it is actually a shock to log on to my email to find nearly a page full of notifications from myLot about those new discussions started. I simply wouldn't bother turning the notifications off because I don't mind deleting them off (partly also because I don't know how to turn the notification off too - or probably I just couldn't be bothered ). If the friend means nothing to you, it is also an option deleting them off your friends list. I mean, the are so busy starting new discussions that they probably won't even notice one friend less on their list, right? Well, it's all down to us how we want to do it.....
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@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
22 Mar 10
hahaha... I certainly agree. Many friends are too busy to starting new discussions to be bothered with you. lol. to turn notifications off, simply go the friend page and toggle the notify on to off.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
24 Mar 10
Hello dear! I think automatic notification 'on' is also a problem. You may not like to have notifications for all your friends' discussions, if you have a long list of friends. I think, the previous position was better, where one could switch the notification 'on' for certain friends. I think keeping the notification 'on' for everyone could be troublesome and one cannot find enough time to check all the nofiation in his/her inbox. Deepak