Wordpress thread auto-subscription options

There is now a way to stop your inbox getting filled if you forget to untick the subscribe box when you respond to a thread which becomes busy. There is now a global setting in your control panel. If you don’t have a wordpress account just use the link at the bottom of the next mail. Full details on options below. 

http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/follow-comments/

It’s now much easier for you and your commenters to keep track of the conversations you’re involved in across WordPress.com. Some recent tests have shown that by subscribing commenters to new comments by default, they are more likely to stay engaged and come back and comment more on your blog. With that knowledge, we’ve changed the default comment following behavior to help you get more conversations going on your blog.

We made the initial changes last week and after great feedback from you we just launched an update. Here’s how it works:

* By default, posting a comment will now subscribe you to receive follow-up comments via email for that specific post, keeping you updated on the conversation. This is indicated by the checked box in the comment form.
If you have a WordPress.com account, you now have a global setting (
http://wordpress.com/#!/read/subsettings/
) to change this so that by default you will not be subscribed. If you don’t have an account, then you can create one over here (
https://en.wordpress.com/signup/?user=1
) .

If you don’t want email notifications for a thread, just uncheck the box when you post your comment. If you’ve disabled the feature, you can also subscribe to a specific thread by checking the box in the comment form.

There is also a link at the bottom of every notification email that will allow you to change your subscription options.

If you’d like to find out all of the details about how this works, we’ve also updated our support documentation about following comments (
http://en.support.wordpress.com/following-comments/
) .