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The thread discusses a personal issue with unsubscribing from watched threads on a forum, where the user experiences automatic re-subscription upon re-visiting threads despite manual unsubscription. Other participants suggest solutions such as manually unsubscribing, logging out and back in, or contacting administrators, though one remarks that staying logged in complicates the process. The overall sentiment indicates frustration with the forum's notification system, likely exacerbated by changes from a platform "merge" in 2013, with some nostalgia expressed for the older, simpler formats.

davehc

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I see no one else posting on the subject, so it may be a problem only I have.
But, for curiosity.

I have a problem with stopping watching a thread. If I have previously been watching, for whatever reason - posting, observing....,I may decide to unsubscribe. problem is, if I peek in again at the thread, I seem to get subscribed again.
Anyone?
 

Jimbo22

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I just unsubscribe manually to everything in my profile area...getting 50 million notifications is annoying as hell...for me anyway.
 

davehc

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Yes, Bass. Probably the only solution for the moment. I have all my settings correct, but it still happens.
 

Jimbo22

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Have you tried ctrl F5 or log off and log back in....otherwise a call to the admins might be needed. It could be a setting that got dorked up in the "Great Merge of 2013". LOL
 

davehc

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Oh yes. Logging off may certainly do the trick. But, for various reasons, on or offline, I stay logged in to all the forums I visit.
The great merge. Well, several forums changed over, they all have slightly rearranged navigation and functions, which sometimes trip over.
It isn't anything significant for me now, but I did, I must confess, like the different old formats the forums used (and some do)