This morning, I noticed a different style in the email notifications I receive for comments on my blog posts.
They now appear as shown below. However, when I click on ‘Reply’, it no longer goes straight to the comment as it did before. Instead it takes me to the top of the post itself, and I have to scroll down to locate the comment. Another small change from WordPress, and a minor irritation in my blogging enjoyment.
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Stevie Turner
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This is the twenty-eighth part of a fiction serial, in 897 words. Helen was ready for me the next morning, reasonably well …
Hurray! She’s free!
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Have you noticed any changes back to the previous format lately? I’m not sure, but to me it looks like I’m getting notifications about comments and likes in my blog in the “old” format again. Only notifications about new posts in other blogs seem to be in the “new” format (still).
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My email notifications haven’t changed at all since this post, Pit. I have got used to them now, but as usual I prefer the old system.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Maybe it’s connected with updates in the background, that don’t reach every blog at the same time? My hopes are up. Hopefully I won’t be disappointed. I’m like you: I’ve got used to th enew format but am still wishing for the old system to be back, especially as the new systme doesn’t show links to (randomly seleted) previous posts.
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I’m not sure if I’m right and it won’t help us very much, but I think what we’re getting here is the notification version for Android systems, not for windows. I checked some notifications on smartphone, and there they look fine. If so, I think it’s more of a programming glitch than a deliberate change, and – hopefully again – WP might (soon) correct it.
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Thanks for adding that positive slant, Pit. I hope you have nailed the issue.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I haven’t seen this yet, but I’m not not looking forward to it. I don’t like change either. WP doesn’t notify us of any changes which is most annoying.
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They don’t seem to think we are worthy of being told much about anything, Jennie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Well said!
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As long as the notifications are not only arriving in plain text, i will be happy, Pete! 😉 Best wishes, Michael
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I am getting used to this glitch now, Michael.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes, I found this too. Bummer. Warmest regards, Theo
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Not a deal-breaker, but just another small annoyance.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sorry to hear about it Pete.
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Just an irritation, Arlene.
Best wishes, Pete.
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We are creatures of habit, and we get used to a certain style. Perhaps it’s impractical, but these things are randomly tossed at us when we’re already happy with the functionality. Not that big a deal to me but certainly noticeable.
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I just wish the notification took me to the comment, Pete. And it would be nice of WP to announce these changes of course.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I noticed it too. A classic move from convenient to inconvenient.
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I can never see the sense in WP changes, Peggy. There is no point to this one at all.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Super annoying
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They really are like a gang of annoying pranksters, and just not funny!
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope they don’t mess with mine. It takes me too long to adjust to change!
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Me too, GP! No need to change what is already working.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oops, I spoke too soon! Drat!
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They caught up with you, GP!
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And I thought I was hiding – drat! 😏
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I noticed the change as well. At first I didn’t know what I was looking at! The lack of functionality sounds like bugs of some kind.
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Yes, more fiddling around from WP, Liz.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I been having glitches today as well…..chuq
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Something is going on with WP!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Ah the WordPress mantra ‘Change for change’s sake’ strikes yet again. I do wish they would cease and desist don’t you?
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I surely do!
Thanks, Jack.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m noticing changes in WP on a regular basis and oftentimes as you say, they are not welcome!
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This is the most obvious change I have seen recently, Susanne. I am hoping it is a glitch, but it looks to be too ‘well-formed’ for that.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hate these types of changes. This is especially true when everything was working so great before they made the change. The most irritating part is they don’t give you the option to opt-out of the change.
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Options and adequate notice are both rare things on WP, Molly.
Best wishes, Pete.
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The reader never changes.
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Does it give those notifications? I have never used it. Maybe I will have to start now.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Not seen any notifications like those Pete.
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I only use reader. My email notifications just alert me of a new post and I go directly to reader to check it out.
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I might have to adopt that habit, Cheryl.
Best wishes, Pete.
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
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That’s my mantra, David. Everything from electronic gadgets to blogging! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I noticed the sudden change with emails of new posts from blogs I follow, with a larger size and change in buttons for comments and likes. It’s annoying and not as attractive in look, but I can deal with it.
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I just wish they would leave things alone, Jeanne. Since I posted this under an hour ago, pressing ‘Like’ or ‘Reply’ is now taking me to the bottom of the post concerned, not the relevant part.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yeah, it would be nice if they would leave well-enough alone and not try to fix something that isn’t broken.
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Why they keep tweaking things with no notifications….so annoying!
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They never consult about any changes. I think it is just plain bad manners, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Do you seriously believe, Pete, that they could in any way more than FOURHUNDRED MILLION customers before making a change?
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Oooops
I made a big mistake. Sorry about that. It’s “only” 64 million websites that use WP. But still, my argument holds true.
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They manage to send emails talking about their seminars and webinars to me and all the other millions using WP, Pit. (I have had four already this week) Wouldn’t be hard to add a note that ’email notifications are changing on 20.4.2022′. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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You were not talking about notifications, but of consulting the customers, Pete.
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Okay, but information about webinars (at $25 a time) is still consulting the customers, in my book.
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Looks like we have different concepts of “consulting”.
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That could be it, my friend. 🙂
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Apart from the different look in my email, for me there has been no change. I click “comment” or “Reply” and that’s where it takes me. I love how changes just occur without warning and you are expected to adjust. No sooner are you acclimatized than they change it all again.
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Yes, everything just appears with zero consultation or explanation.
Best wishes, Pete.
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An irritating change I’ve noticed is that every time I log on to WordPress, it has already blocked all notifications and I have to manually unblock them.
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Stevie, can you, please, explain that a little more? I don’t understand what’s happening when you log on to WP. With me there doesn’t seem to be any difference.
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I have to go into ‘Notification Settings’ then ‘Reader Subscriptions’ and then uncheck the box marked ‘Block Emails’. If I don’t do this every time I log in, then I don’t receive notifications of any new posts.
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Thanks for the explanation. With me, it’s business as usual as far as notifications are concerned. I’m not sure why, though. I simply cannot imagine that I have never ever logged out of WP.
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Sound like they are fiddling around behind the scenes, Stevie. For a long time now, I haven’t logged out of my WP account. It seemed that something always changed when I logged on again. I just leave it open, and shut down the PC instead.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Ah, perhaps I’ll do that. Thanks Pete.
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Same here. It seems to have happened at around 2 AM our time this morning. Notifications before that time look like before.
What’s missing now: if it is only a notification of a “like”, there’s no reference to posts of the person who “liked” mine. I found that useful as once in a while I clicked on those links.
Also: when I click on “respond”, your post appears with this at the bottom
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Stevie Turner
commented on A Real Spy Story: Part Twenty-Eight
In response to beetleypete:
This is the twenty-eighth part of a fiction serial, in 897 words. Helen was ready for me the next morning, reasonably well …
Hurray! She’s free!
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Modify your notifications settings.
I hope this is only a temporary glitch. Even with all the sometimes irritating changes we’re used to from WP, I cannot believe that this is intended.
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I am also hoping it’s a glitch.
Thanks, Pit.
Best wishes, Pete.
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OMG I thought it was just my email… I am SO NOT liking it. And it is not all of them, only some. grrrrr
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It has been all of them for me, Annette. Whether likes or comments, all the WP emails have this new format. My other GMail emails are unaffected, so I am certain it is a WordPress change.
Best wishes, Pete.
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