As more groups are making the transition from the old Sympa platform into Connect, we're continuing our series of protips with a short one about using the "Follow" feature on a discussion thread. (Previously:
Managing your content on Connect,
How to manage your group memberships,
How to manage your privacy and visibility,
How to use My Networks,
How to use the Library's Folder View,
Using Real Time or Weekly notifications to customize your experience,
How to use ALA Connect as a mailing list;
How to organize your Connect Library;
How to update your ALA profile within Connect)
You can manually “follow” discussion posts to receive real-time emails for a specific thread whenever someone replies to it.
Use this:
- in publicly-visible groups that you don’t belong to, including ALA Council
- in groups where you have daily or weekly notifications enabled but want to get more frequent updates on a specific topic
At the top of a thread, click on "Follow" to begin receiving real-time notifications for that discussion. Click it again to stop following that discussion.
View all your followed discussions on your profile under "My Connections", then "Following".