Comments on: Why Subscribe to Comments doesn’t let you check the subscription box by default

By: lomig

lomig — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:22:23 +0000

oops,
i saw David Esraty comments after sending mine. David, could you explain the way you did it. I have a political blog too, and keeping everybody in the discussion is the main point, i confirm.

thanks

By: lomig

lomig — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:20:01 +0000

Hi
a simple question : it’s a good to think about the users. But YOUR users are not my readers, it’s me ! And I want to have the choice on this option.

On my blog, for example, the thing is not to be user-kindly, but to allow for strong discussion.

So, please, could you tell me what changes i have to do to have the checkbox checked by default ?

thanks a lot, though, for this great plugin amongs great plugins…!

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By: Nommo

Nommo — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:33:30 +0000

I too allow users to ‘opt-in’ rather than ‘opt-out’ - some people are very protective over their inbox.

I have one related, but slightly off-topic yet burning question (and I have looked elsewhere and beyond for the answer) - is your most essential and most excellent ‘Subscribe to Comments 2.1.2′ compatible with WordPress 2.5.x ??

By: Ro

Ro — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:42:57 +0000

Absolutely, not question, the right choice. Time and attention are such rare commodities. Anything we can do to *not* take it away from people is appreciated.

By: Megapixels

Megapixels — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:19:56 +0000

Good choice Mark. Far better to error on the side of caution when it comes to user happiness. We all get more then we need in our email boxes these days.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:21:17 +0000

I want to HUG you for this! THANK YOU. It’s been long awaited and I’m so glad. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been subscribed and how much time I’ve wasted unsubscribing, sometimes several times a day. This is wonderful news.

By: Comme une image

Comme une image — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:47:30 +0000

That’s an excellent and well-rounded choice.

Just for information : in France, « opt-out » is forbidden and « opt-in » mandatory (well, mandatory if subscription is possible, of course ;-).

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Une semaine avec Wordpress #12 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:07:17 +0000

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By: Brajeshwar

Brajeshwar — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:08:18 +0000

That is the way to go. Good initiative.

By: HighToro

HighToro — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:57:11 +0000

It’s the right way, I think. Congratulations.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:08:13 +0000

Great Tips as always

By: Keishon

Keishon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:26:24 +0000

I agree with your decision to do that because it is sneaky and especially if you visit a busy site, I don’t want the excess email and the annoyance of trying to unsubscribe after the fact.