# I just learned a great thing about the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-a-great-thing-about-the-sdmb/286082 "2005-01-22T15:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-a-great-thing-about-the-sdmb/286082/1 "2005-01-22T15:05:43Z")
If I subscribe to everything I post in, then hit User CP, all the threads I’ve subscribed to \*and that have new posts \* come up. I don’t have to search for them or anything! Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-a-great-thing-about-the-sdmb/286082/2 "2005-01-22T16:23:33Z")
If I subscribed to every thread I post to, my gmail account would be full within a week. No thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-a-great-thing-about-the-sdmb/286082/3 "2005-01-22T16:33:32Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > If I subscribed to every thread I post to, my gmail account would be full within a week. > > No thank you. You can subscribe with “no e-mail notification”, too. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-a-great-thing-about-the-sdmb/286082/4 "2005-01-22T16:37:34Z")
Yeah, I’ve been a member too and found out about the “User-CP” feature just a short while ago. :o Has anyone noticed the hamsters look kinda happy lately? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-a-great-thing-about-the-sdmb/286082/5 "2005-01-22T17:10:00Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > You can subscribe with “no e-mail notification”, too. I know but I only use the subscribe option to notify me of threads I have a specific and/or vested interest in. A lot of my OPs don’t even get subscribed to. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-a-great-thing-about-the-sdmb/286082/6 "2005-01-22T17:13:41Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I know but I only use the subscribe option to notify me of threads I have a specific and/or vested interest in… …so that when they’re replied to, I get instant notification. Blah. Getting up before noon plays hell on my mental acuity. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-a-great-thing-about-the-sdmb/286082/7 "2005-01-22T17:52:22Z")
I’ve noticed there’s a certain fringe benefit to the way I ‘sign out’ from my posts: If I do a vanity search, all _my_ posts come up, as well as the ones that people drop my name into. I know the mods and the hamsters powering the boards hate this, because it gives the hamsters heart attacks and the mods frown because I’m hurting the hamsters. But, for the reasons of discussion, it works. Like I said, it’s a “fringe” benefit. Tripler And believe me, I’m definitely out on the fringes. . .