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by CarcinomaAngel on July 15th, 2008

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Do you ever unsubscribe to your comments? Do you have to do that a lot? Why do you typically unsubscribe?

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  • by Phillis - Zacks little sister on July 15th, 2008

    Phillis - Zacks little sister

    I didn't realize that clicking unsubscribe meant unsubscribing from just that comment thread. I thought it meant you were unsubscribing from ALL of them. I will certainly use it from now on!

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  • by Cyndi Ninja on July 15th, 2008

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    I haven't had to in a long time, but I have used that feature and in those rare occasions it's a wonderful feature. I've used it in the past to deal with rude or abusive users or just to remove myself from someone who merely wants to argue. It's so much better to just remove yourself than to get involved in a heated debate or retaliate against someone.

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  • by eric on July 15th, 2008

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    Never. I fight to the finish. Sometimes people should unsubscribe though.

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  • by anonymous on July 15th, 2008

    anonymous

    Occasionally, 2 people will carry on a lengthy conversation through comments to one of my questions. I get a notice about each one of those and it gets tedious. Those are the only times I unsubscribe to comments.

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  • by E as in egg on July 18th, 2008

    E as in egg

    Funny you should ask this just now. I just unsubscribed from a thread because it was definitley going to end in an argument. I have no need to get upset with someone who is here to say what he/she wants.

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  • by BigDaddyBS on July 15th, 2008

    BigDaddyBS

    I think I have ACTUALLY unsubscribed 3-4 times. I've probably SAID I was unsubscribing about 10 times.

    I tend to like reading the continuing conversations.

    The only time I can RECALL unsubscribing was in an argument with a conspiracy theorist who would not listen to my arguments (and PROOF) while he just stated what many CT sites say (NO proof).

    I will just let MOST arguments die out unless I see a couple of people going at it.

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  • by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on July 15th, 2008

    Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony

    Rarely. I do if I no longer have an interest in the conversation and other people are still engaged in it. I don't typically get into heated exchanges, so I can't recall the last time I used it for that purpose.

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  • by Shadow is Gone on July 18th, 2008

    Shadow is Gone

    I've only unsubscribed once. I asked a political question and immediately regretted it.

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  • by 8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009 on July 15th, 2008

    8 Jan 2004-10 Dec 2009

    Yes.
    No.
    Usually because the thread has grown long enough to cause my dialup connection to stall when I try to load it. It takes my almost 8 minutes per MB and comment threads tend to stall on me around 250-300K.

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  • by top54u on July 15th, 2008

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    I do not unsubscribe from comments cos i love reading the comments that i get.. it makes AB more interesting and also helps me develop a mutual understanding with all other ABer's like me.. =)

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  • by bowlermommy07 on July 18th, 2008

    bowlermommy07

    The only time I ever did, that I remember, it was an accident and I can't remember if I ever resubscribed to that thread.

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  • by Im BACK on July 16th, 2008

    Im BACK

    No, I never unsubscribe. I like to see people's point of view and their opinion on some of the answers.

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  • by Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy on July 15th, 2008

    Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy

    Occasionally, not often. I will typically unsubscribe for one of two reasons:

    1. I am in a discussion with someone who refuses to listen to any point of view other than their own, or someone who has an agenda (political, religious, etc.) and is looking to be told what they want to hear. I will eventually decide that it is pointless to continue the conversation, and let the other user(s) know that I am walking away from it.

    2. I comment on an answer, and two (or more) other users end up using it to chat with each other extensively. After 30 exchanges that have nothing to do with what I originally commented, I get tired of seeing my comment light go on all the time, so I'll unsubscribe.

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