it will just be threads that I find interesting

The process is manual -- at least for now -- so I'll be hand-picking threads. In the morning I'll likely be sending out a link to a new standalone page we created which lists the ten left-column homepage threads (called the DU Morning Digest). In the afternoon/evening I'll probably send out a link to one of the most recommended or replied to threads of the day -- unless there's a big breaking news story that we think people would want to know about.

There's going to be an experimental phase where we play around with this and figure out what people like and don't like. To begin with though, the system may be more valuable to casual DU users, rather than very active members who are here all day and read everything.

For very active members, eventually we hope to tweak the system so that we can send notifications when you get a reply to one of your posts, or a DU Mail message, etc. (Again, this would be entirely optional.)

Just envisioning my phone pinging every time someone posts a new thread in Latest Breaking News + a few more times a day.

The plan is to send out no more than 2-3 notifications per day, one in the morning and one, possibly two, later in the day, with the option to send out special notifications should there be an important breaking news story.

As mentioned this may be more useful initially to casual rather than heavy DU users. But if you try it out and don’t like it, it’s easy to opt out again.

NOW I am interested. I am a pretty heavy user but there are times when things are so busy I cannot read like I like to and can get really behind. These would be great to show me what I need to look up when I do get on.

Thanks again, this site has never been anything but the best.

in GD. However, there are times it just takes too long but I still don't want to miss anything. I will assume important
messages will be on these notifications and that will save a lot of wasted time (for me). Great idea EarlG, as my sainted mother would say, you're cookin' with gas!

I really don't need any stinkin' notifications. I always have DU open on the first tab and check frequently. If I'm not on DU, it means the power is out and my phone died.

As I mentioned in reply above, this system may be much more valuable for more casual DU readers, as opposed to folks like you and I who are here all day and read everything.

That said, I also mentioned above that in the future we hope to tweak the system to provide additional functionality for heavy DU users.

Constantly working to make this excellent site even better!

Makes it easier to send in my pledge donations twice each year.

Keep up the great work!

Seriously, great work guys!

And I have to say ... you're taking on a big (and valuable) job with this curation duty.

So ... kudos to you. We love you man!



Ultimately what would be kinda awesome is deploying AI (I know, scary word, but it can be a force for good in the right hands) that tracks the kinds of thread topics people are into (via Recs and Comments) and targets the posts in accordance with. But that's no small project I'd guess.

Thanks EarlG 😀

Not useful to me at present but would be very useful if you posed a question that needed quick replies.

Thank you EarlG.

Will give it a try especially with the nuts running the House now.

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Sadly, I am on iPhone.

I've never had one here before. "Ask the administrators"?

just send me a PM directly

I guess it's a good thing.

Me, personally? I absolutely HATE notifications and always turn them off.

notifications annoy me no matter where or who they come from. Good for those who want it but it's something that for myself is a big NO.

😀

I'm sure a lot of folks will do that

When you're on any DU page, in your browser, click the little padlock icon to the left of the address bar. An info popup should appear, and in that popup you should see a "Notifications" section which will allow you to turn notifications on. Since you're on a DU page, it will just turn notifications on for DU.

I would allow DU but I have to turn on everything.

I wouldn't mind a text with links twice a day.

Always improving!

I would definitely have to read something like this before I'd try it. I shall proceed!

..if tfg gets indicted or arrested- could you please send beer?

Thanks, EarlG

And I kinda feel more connected knowing EarlG is curating my important news notifications. .

Will try it. Thanks!

...anything to do with this - my attentions are on that and still I visit several times a day anyhow.

But once that's done, and ad you add features I might get it.

If I do, or not I appreciate you thinking of features to make this site even better! 👍

DU is about the only source of news and news discussion I seek out these days.

The rest seem to be either insipid and dumbed down or leaning on a political and one sided slant.

Yes, I'm half a world away, as are many others who are regulars.

You'd be surprised how interested the rest of the world is in what happens inside the US of A.

notifications? Or will it sort of be like fb notifications that doesn't seem to require it, but to open and read on my phone I have to be logged in. So far, I've limited my log in status for social media to my chromebook only.

Since I don't generally watch the news on tv or listen to the radio, I tend to come to DU for LBN, generally motivated these days to see if a certain cadre of miscreants and traitors have been arrested, charged and prosecuted. That's important news to me.

As well as the unexpected good news, naturally.

Or if the world is coming to an end, I'd like to get a heads up on that too so I can grab my "go bag" and head for the hills.

Kidding aside, I love this idea. I'm going to be a big fan I think.

It's a separate subscription service that connects to DU, so once you subscribe to get browser notifications, you'll get them whenever they're sent out and it doesn't matter if you're logged into DU or not.

But I think that if you allow subscriptions on your desktop, you'd have to also allow them separately on your phone to get notifications there -- allowing notifications to appear on one device will not allow notifications to appear on all your devices, if that makes sense.

(And just a reminder, Apple does not allow browser notifications on mobile devices yet, so if you're using an iPhone it won't work. It's Android only at the moment.)

I read DU on my chrome book only, on purpose. Never use my phone, cuz it's not how I like using my phone.

But getting a couple of notifications, I'm going to like.

Oh wait. will the titles be revealed in the notifications? I hope so.

"Former President is found Guilty of 500 counts of Treason by Jury and sentenced to 500 years in prison"

since that takes you to a page with ten threads. However, for urgent breaking news and for afternoon updates, those will probably just be single threads so the thread title (or a summary of the thread title) will be included.