I Have a Suggestion for Similar Worlds

Making a post just now, I stumbled across two posts from a friend in the same group, of which I have been a member for ages. The posts were made during the last three days, in which period I have been online several times, but I had not been notified of them. I would never have seen them if I had not happened to make a post myself in the same group.

Why cannot SW organize its systems so that people are notified of their friends' posts? Or am I missing something? So far as I can see there is no point in having friends at all, except to show one's appreciation to other members.

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Gentle153 · 36-40, MMod

If you change the homepage filter to Friends Only, you get an overview of all your friends' posts in all groups.

MartinII · 70-79, M

@Gentle153: Yes, but I still have to scroll down manually, and of course I want to see posts from other people in my groups too. Why can't we have notifications of posts, as we have for replies?

Gentle153 · 36-40, MMod

@MartinII: For posts from other people in your groups, you can change the filter to Friends & Groups. Scrolling down will be necessary in tens to hundreds of notifications too, or in any other overview.

MartinII · 70-79, M

@Gentle153: Yes, but the notifications are much shorter, so many more to a page, and you get a yellow flag so you know how many new ones there are. Are there any technical obstacles to doing what I, and I believe many others, would like?

Gentle153 · 36-40, MMod

@MartinII: Not that I know of. :) It has been noted as a suggestion before, but the admins have not commented on it yet.

http://real-people.net/features#feature114
http://real-people.net/features#feature100

MartinII · 70-79, M

@Gentle153: Well, I urge them to consider it seriously. Thank you for your responses.