stop email notifications for comments on other people's blogs

lemonygregghead · Member · May 4, 2012 at 11:51 am
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Since last night I am receiving email notifications for comments on other people’s posts (that I have commented on myself), and I have NEVER elected to receive email notifications. I went back to those blogs to see if there was an option for checking to receive emails at the bottom and there is NOT. I thought I had somehow inadvertently clicked something (but I hadn’t). I also double checked my preferences to see if something had changed there, and no, as always, the boxes are marked to “never” receive email notifications. Nonetheless my email box is inundated with notifications. This has happened in the cases where I have commented on someone else’s blog (if that helps to narrow down the problem). Please help! Thank you.

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raincoaster · Member · May 4, 2012 at 12:04 pm
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Several people are reporting this https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/unfollow-a-blog?replies=4
thebirdingbunch · Member · May 4, 2012 at 1:09 pm
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The link above talks about following blogs, not comment notifications.

This began happening to me last night, and like above, I checked my settings, but could find no changes there. My difference is I can see the notify option on the blogs.

Whether it is my own blog, or any others I comment on, the box is check marked automatically next to Notify me of follow-up comments via email. It used to be it was left unchecked, unless I chose to click on it. Once I discovered I could read replies to comments my Dashboard, I stopped clicking on that email notification.

I guess this is becoming such overkill. I can easily just read new comments from my Dashboard, but now have that bright orange number pop up notifying me of direct replies, and now if I do not remember to click that box, I need to see them in my email account as well???
absurdoldbird · Member · May 4, 2012 at 1:17 pm
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This sounds like a bug. I’ll mark it for staff to look at, please be patient. (I’m a volunteer, like raincoaster and most people who answer questions here).
chicaandaluza · Member · May 4, 2012 at 1:19 pm
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It´s happening to me too – please can someone stop them…it´s too much!
raincoaster · Member · May 4, 2012 at 1:25 pm
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It’s all related. There are three or four threads on this issue on the front page.
thebirdingbunch · Member · May 4, 2012 at 1:36 pm
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Thank you for the replies. I didn’t realize they were related, raincoaster.

I hope its a bug, but will just try to remember to uncheck that box any time I comment.
raincoaster · Member · May 4, 2012 at 1:41 pm
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Sadly, I think it’s a bug and it won’t do any good. The threads are flagged for staff, so hopefully they’ll deal with this promptly.
gardenfreshtomatoes · Member · May 4, 2012 at 1:53 pm
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Just had it happen to me, too…Posting here in so I know when it’s resolved…
cbwentworth · Member · May 4, 2012 at 1:57 pm
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It’s happening to me as well, both on other people’s blogs and my own. I’m getting two e-mails for every comment I get on my own blog – yikes!
becomingcliche · Member · May 4, 2012 at 2:04 pm
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It now seems to be the default setting to subscribe to the comments of every blog we comment on. We can click and unsubscribe before we post the comment, but I keep forgetting to do so.

If it’s not a glitch and is simply a new default setting, I would love for it to be changed back. It’s frustrating to have to unsubscribe every single time I comment, especially when I’m making a reply to my own post.
absurdoldbird · Member · May 4, 2012 at 2:13 pm
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@becomingcliche – I think you’re right. There’s a checkmark in the first box below the comment box. How bloody stupid!

Sheesh. :(
absurdoldbird · Member · May 4, 2012 at 2:14 pm
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As I don’t have the CSS upgrade (and currently wouldn’t know how to use it if I did) I don’t know if this is possible, but maybe there’d be a way to set it to ‘unchecked’ via CSS?
zannyro · Member · May 4, 2012 at 2:29 pm
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It’s happening to me also…:(:(
brainsnorts · Member · May 4, 2012 at 3:49 pm
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me too. pissingme off.
brainsnorts · Member · May 4, 2012 at 3:50 pm
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but when i left that comment here – that box is NOT checked.

so why is it automatically checked on other blogs but not here?
raincoaster · Member · May 4, 2012 at 4:00 pm
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This isn’t a blog: it’s a forum. Different software.
michaelcargill · Member · May 4, 2012 at 8:20 pm
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Burp!
timethief · Member · May 4, 2012 at 8:30 pm
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I’m confirming that what thebridingbunch posted above is the same thing I’m experiencing and appears it may even be site wide.

Whether it is my own blog, or any others I comment on, the box is check marked automatically next to Notify me of follow-up comments via email. It used to be it was left unchecked, unless I chose to click on it.

ARRRGgggggggghhhhhh!
fogsmoviereviews · Member · May 4, 2012 at 8:35 pm
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It appears that they changed the default choice for “Notify me of follow-up comments via email” to checked. Which sucks. My blog has probably been flooding everyone’s inbox who forgot to uncheck that option.

I’m hoping that a fix is underway? That it will be restored to unchecked, and/or at least we’ll have the option to choose the default setting for our own blogs?

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