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Mark questions to receive notifications and updates? [duplicate]

Right now there isn't a great way to monitor the questions that I am interested in following. What I seem to do now is go to my recent history for questions I have commented on, and then link to the ...
Tom's user avatar
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60 votes
5 answers
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Subscribe to others' questions [duplicate]

I have been coming across many interesting questions on this site, for which I really like to know the answers; but, there is no way (at least I'm not aware of) to get notified when answers are posted ...
Gokulnath's user avatar
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-6 votes
1 answer
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Repost of watch vs favorite [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Subscribing to questions and comments that don't belong to you I know this has been brought up before. I firmly believe there is a difference between a "Favorite" question ...
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3 votes
1 answer
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How can we follow answers here via Stack Overflow itself? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Subscribing to questions and comments that don't belong to you Sometimes when I notice an interesting question I would like to "follow" it, and receive new answers. I know ...
Hongying's user avatar
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1 vote
1 answer
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Subscribing to comments on another persons question [duplicate]

On meta.movies.SE we tend to have longer discussions in question comments about an issue. Sometimes comments will come in days or weeks later, and unless you are the person who posted the question, ...
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2 votes
0 answers
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How to get other people's question updates in global inbox? [duplicate]

When I see some good question I'd like to star it and pay attention to its updates (answers, edits, comments). So it's good to see new message from the inbox messages, but it seems that I can only ...
johnMa's user avatar
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0 votes
1 answer
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how to see updates on questions I commented on [duplicate]

in Stackoverflow, I happen to just post a comment on someones question; yet whenever that question is updated or receives answers or comments, I don't get any warning whatsoever. How do I activate ...
Chris Maes's user avatar
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0 answers
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Get notifications from comments [duplicate]

I find myself adding more comments than answers in an attempt to help the OP's improve their questions. One would get notifications of responses only if the commenter (either the OP or other user) ...
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0 votes
0 answers
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Notification on questions on which a user comments [duplicate]

Whenever I comment on a question like to post a fiddle or give more explanation on the problem statement, unless the OP does not mention my name I do not receive the comment what the OP or others ...
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242 votes
45 answers
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The Follow Questions and Answers feature is now live across the Network

We are happy to announce that the previously announced follow question and answer feature is now live across the Network, including Stack Overflow, all Stack Exchange sites, and all Meta sites. (...
Yaakov Ellis's user avatar
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705 votes
1 answer
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How do comment @replies work?

How do the comment replies (aka "pinging users") work? Who can I send an @reply to? How do I respond to a specific user when entering my comment? Will they be notified? What do people mean ...
149 votes
13 answers
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Adding Favorites to the Stack Exchange global inbox

We're considering adding favorite notifications to the global inbox, and are looking for feedback on the idea (as we're not completely sold on it). But first, some history. Favorites are kind of ...
Kevin Montrose's user avatar
196 votes
6 answers
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Allow more than one @name notification per comment

Now this is probably a surprise to many since I always see thousands of comments like the following(10k only): @Sarfraz, @balpha just told you they did in the first comment he wrote. Also, allowing ...
Andreas Bonini's user avatar
150 votes
10 answers
3k views

Make recent activity and responses show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them)

I'd like the recent activity and responses pages to show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them). If I leave a comment somewhere, I am implicitly engaging in ...
Kip's user avatar
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373 votes
1 answer
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Why do I need 50 reputation to comment? What can I do instead?

Users with less than 50 reputation points cannot write comments on questions and answers that they don't own. Why does this limit exist? But I want to contribute now. What should I do instead? But I ...

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