Hi,
For the questions the original posts they need to be notified by default.
Presently unless the user taps on Opt in they wouldn't be notified.
Having good default behavior is a big part of good design / usability.
If user posts something then there is reason to believe that that the person would like to be informed when there is response to that thread.
If the user wants to opt out that could be made as a button, usually a person would want to opt out only much later when the original poster has got response and doesn't want any more.
Confusion
- There is an opt in banner on top of the thread and there is a bell icon below the post, not sure what the difference is.
- The banner is barely visible on dark mode as that is also black
- The whole experience causes confusion and lacks confidence whether the user will be notified or not.
Forum participation
- Generally user participation in the forum is low.
- So by making opt in for the posts the user has posted that makes the participation even lesser even when the original poster wants to participate.
Proposal
- By default any post the user posts, the bell icon would be pressed (turned on) for that post, meaning the poster will get notified
- If the user wants to opt out of the thread the user can press the bell icon to turn off notification for that thread.
- For all the posts that the user hasn't posted by default the user is turned off
- Please provide an option for users to turn on / off notifications on specific topics / tags, this can be helpful when some developer / Apple engineer wants to actively participate / follow a specific topic.
- Remove the banner on top seems and stick only to the bell icon.