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What could be a way to follow thread updates?

more than a request, this is thread to discuss possible solutions

As activity has increased recently, it's become more of a need to able to know which of the threads I've participated on have received new comments. It's hard to keep in your memory every single question or comment you left that has not received a reply yet.

Since posts stay here, unlike in 4chan, I believe there's more of a need to be able to revisit previous threads.

However the no-account anonymous nature of the site makes that more of a challenge.

Here's some ideas I've had, but I would like to hear if there are better options:
A code that saves your current state
- Each thread has a button to "follow" them, when clicked it checks all the threads you're currently following and the amount of comments they currently have. It then gives you a short code that contains that information
- When you next enter the site you can write that code in some box and it will compare that state with the current threads and number of comments in the site.
- It will show the new comments in a list that lasts for the entirety of your session and give you a new updated code
- It would be up to you to save the code, which admittedly could be bothersome

pseudo-accounts
- You can register an account that saves your comment history, reads posts and such, but that account is only for you to see and cannot be interacted in any way by other users

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Anonymous

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I really like the psuedo-account idea. An account could be a "backend" that allows you to get notifications and save threads, but there would be no difference when posting and you could still post anonymously. Not just that, but since it would have no difference in posting permission, there would be no need for privacy compromising features like email signup.

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Insanity!defdd3b8e1

Maybe a pseudo-account using trip codes and make posting with your trip code optional when you're "logged in"?

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Anonymous

That might be a good idea. I think the best kind of account would have no incentives to create one other than wanting notifications, because once features that are possible without an account start getting locked to accounts, it can go downhill really fast from there.

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Insanity!defdd3b8e1

Yeah we're both thinking along similar lines here lol. An account shouldn't be mandatory, but should provide additional benefits.

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Anonymous

Exactly! We are definitely thinking of the same idea.

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Insanity!defdd3b8e1

I agree, it could make some things more convenient, but it would detract from the stated goals of the site

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Anonymous

I may be wrong, but I believe your trip code isn't really yours as in the way an account would be, though.

Your trip code is basically the password you used, but hashed. That means:
- Any other username with the same password will show the same tripcode
- If you use a weak password, it's possible another user could have the exact same tripcode as you (which wouldn't be ideal for saving followed threads)
- if you use a different password on every comment, you'll get a different tripcode every time regardless of the username

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Anonymous

I think a thread watcher like 4chin X has is pretty good. It's all local storage without any real account, and basically just remembers what posts you made and monitors those threads every so often.

Basically any imageboard would is made much nicer with an equivalent of the extension, I think most of the big ones have one

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Anonymous

RSS feeds based on tripcodes would be nice, in which each reply to a comment with a particular trip code is an item in the feed.

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Anonymous

A local bookmark system for following threads has just been released. I hope you like it.
To know more: https://discuo.com/about-watched

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ADMIN

Exactly what was needed.

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Anonymous

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