Warnings

Hmmm, there used to be a setting somewhere that you could choose to receive email notification if someone posted in a thread you'd posted in, and if a new thread had been started in a particular section. I ticked everything  This is how I know someone has posted even when I'm on the family history website 

The first of those is easy. Right at the bottom of any thread, next but one to the reply box, is 'unnotify'. If you don't click that, you'll get an email every time someone posts after you. Clcik unnotify and the emails stop.

It may be that things look different to a moderator; can someone tell me if you go to a section rather than  a thread, eg just go to General Fishkeeping Chat, is there anything at the top or bottom about receiving notification of new posts? I think that's where it used to be rather in the Profile settings. It is possible I automatically get notifications of new threads as a moderator while the rest of you have to select for that  Or it may be that Robert, the admin, had been fiddling with things so everyone gets notified of new threads.

I don't know what I've ticked Sue, but when I log on and go to Fish forum, I get a black box notifying me that so and so has replied to such and such post of mine.

Thanks Robert.
Well it works because I was just looking at another post and the black box appeared to tell me Robert had replied to my post in Warnings, so YAY indeed.
Well done

I usually ignore those black boxes and go by email notifications  Since I spend a lot of time on family history research, I rely on those email notifications. I can be searching for a baptism record and get an email - I always check to see if it a 'proper' email or junk! For instance, while typing this, another email has arrived telling me a new topic has been posted "What's your QT routine"

When I come to the forum, the first thing I do is click on 'show unread posts since your last visit' and work my way through them all from the oldest to the most recent.