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Automatic Topic Subscription Feedback: Ainali

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Ainali (talkcontribs)
  1. That it showed every time. I imagined that after I clicked "Okay, I got it" it wouldn't show more. It was also unexpected that if I subscribed to a section, then unsubscribed, and then commented, I was not automatically subscribed to it again.
  2. Beautiful popup!
  3. If I wasn't surprised by the things mentioned in 1.

But I was actually wanting a way to be notified to new sections on a specific page, not automatically subscribed to something I commented in. I suspect that I will turn this feature off, as I imagine this will result in a lot of notifications I have moved on from (but I might be wrong here, the volumes in real use will be key).

PPelberg (WMF) (talkcontribs)

But I was actually wanting a way to be notified to new sections on a specific page, not automatically subscribed to something I commented in.

Ah, you're right. I did not accurately remember the interaction we had that led to us creating T263821: Introduce New Topic Notifications. With this in mind, we appreciate you trying out the prototype for a feature you weren't exactly looking forward to ^ _ ^

Okay, now responses to specific pieces of feedback you shared...

I imagined that after I clicked "Okay, I got it" it wouldn't show more.

Comment: We agree with you in thinking the pop-up appearing each time you post a new comment or start a new discussion is not an ideal experience. In the version of Automatic Topic Subscriptions that gets made available in production, the pop-up will only appear once.

It was also unexpected that if I subscribed to a section, then unsubscribed, and then commented, I was not automatically subscribed to it again.

Question: would it be accurate for me to understand what you are saying above as the following? "If I (Ainali) have automatic topic subscriptions enabled, I expect to be subscribed to any discussion I comment in regardless of whether I've previously unsubscribed to said section manually."

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talkcontribs)

> "If I (Ainali) have automatic topic subscriptions enabled, I expect to be subscribed to any discussion I comment in regardless of whether I've previously unsubscribed to said section manually."

I think experienced editors will expect the behavior to match the regular watchlist settings, which do not track whether you have previously unwatched a page.

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