Notifications when a new Feature is Suggested

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Overlay system · Created by ss2020
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

Currently I often forget to check the Feature Request. By the time I do check, I am not sure which ones I have reviewed. Meaning some suggestions get missed.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

I would really love if a notification would be sent when someone posts a new Feature Request. This would help everyone to have a chance to check them out.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

I think this would make the feature request system more robust and get more people involved in WA's awesome creation process.

The Team's Response

Thanks for your suggestion! We won't send notifications to every single user (not even every single active user), because that would be a ton of notifications to users who might not be interested. That said, we're considering an opt-in toggle to be notified; if that's something you want, feel free to open a new feature suggestion to see if there's interest! We're also working on something that, among other things, will make feature suggestions a bit more visible.
Current score

26/300 Votes · +3904 points

Votes Cast

  • +300

    by Jupiter Melichios
    on 2025-01-07 21:04
    An option to opt in to this would be great!
  • +1

    by Jacob-W
    on 2025-01-05 18:42
    Yes but make it a default opt-out.
  • +100

    by Mahdi Avendesora
    on 2025-01-04 12:21
  • +300

    by Leijona
    on 2025-01-03 15:28
  • +1

    by SebGreg732
    on 2025-01-01 02:48
  • +300

    by deleyna
    on 2025-01-01 02:10
  • +100

    by Amancham
    on 2024-12-31 22:26
  • +100

    by DoStuffZ
    on 2024-12-30 10:02
  • +1

    by devinsxdesigns
    on 2024-12-23 03:22
  • +300

    by PoppaeaSabina
    on 2024-12-20 19:38
  • +300

    by Oneriwien
    on 2024-12-20 08:05
    Give me an opt in / opt out option, and yes please. I got all these coins to spend, mannnnn
  • +300

    by argash
    on 2024-12-20 00:45
    I would feed it to a custom discord channel that could be muted but otherwise great idea
  • +300

    by kermitaus
    on 2024-12-19 19:52
    Great idea!!
  • +1

    by Blossom Tree Art
    on 2024-12-19 17:57
  • +100

    by Kobb
    on 2024-12-19 00:45
  • -1

    by DMFW
    on 2024-12-19 00:02
    I already have borderline attention deficit disorder from the number of things (in the internet in general, not specifically WA) that sent me notifications about their quotidian activity whether I care or not. I wouldn't be against an opt in but I'd definitely want the default to be opt out. It just doesn't seem that hard to me to visit the suggestion page when you're interested and not when you're nagged.
  • +100

    by AuraGuard
    on 2024-12-16 20:01
    I like the idea of opt-in notifications for suggestions, but make the opt-out be default. We used to have suggestion notifications, but people got so annoyed by them that a bunch of suggestions asked to remove the notifications. I think the happy medium is to have an opt-in/opt-out option, with the default on opt-out, so that those who want notifications can have them, while accommodating the folks for whom such notifications drive nuts.
  • +1

    by DragonHeart[8787]
    on 2024-12-16 17:08
    Should be an option to turn this off as well, of course.
  • +1

    by Thatoneconquerer
    on 2024-12-16 13:56
  • +300

    by tjtrewin
    on 2024-12-16 12:33
  • +300

    by BenScerri
    on 2024-12-16 02:28
  • -1

    by Michael Chandra
    on 2024-12-15 19:14
    They're sorted by date descending, no? Now I wouldn't mind for the list to say which ones I already voted on, 'cause sometimes I leave one since I want to ruminate on it for a bit, but I don't see the point in notifications.
  • -100

    by nnie
    on 2024-12-15 18:24
  • +300

    by kaixabu
    on 2024-12-15 17:38
  • -100

    by Those2Nerds
    on 2024-12-15 17:20
    WA already notifies you if someone you follow posts a suggestion. Getting a notif for every new suggestion would make it harder to track ones I care about, harder to manage notifications in general, and has potential to inundate people with notifications they don't want.   An alternative could be automatically marking a suggestion as Reviewed if you've clicked the link, or Voted if you've submitted a response. Or a way to opt-in to notifications, like tracking the request board in general or requests within a certain category.
  • +300

    by WeStanNikolai
    on 2024-12-15 14:05
    100%! I love scrolling through the suggestions to see what people feel like they need, but I also keep forgetting to check for new ones.
  • +300

    by ss2020
    on 2024-12-13 17:34