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Filtering Unreads is easy if you actually tag them as Read when you're done with them, but I guess that's also too complex a solution when one can complain about the habits of others inconveniencing you instead.
I am happy to know that I would annoy you in particular with my habit of replying to comments as I read them.

How does filtering unreads help? Every comment response I get (and every as-of-yet unanswered comment I received, but at least those go away when I answer them) is marked as "unread" and looking at them in the inbox doesn't change the status like it should (because I've read them, why the fuck are they still on "unread"). You'd have to manually change comment responses to "read", which I never do. There's currently like 6000 "unread" messages in my inbox.

I am happy to know that I would annoy you in particular with my habit of replying to comments as I read them.

I don't know about CYRT, but for me, the annoyance is very mild. All it means is that I'm never going to see the author's other fic, but it's not like there isn't enough fic to read and enjoy out there.

DC

I didn't know people even used their AO3 inboxes. I've had an account on the site fifteen years and still forgot it even existed until this conversation, since I'm getting email notifications for the comments anyway, so there doesn't seem to be much point going to look at a copy of the thing I already looked at and manually marking it as read there a second time.

cyrt

I use it to keep track of unanswered comments, because I sometimes have a backlog and as soon as you answer them, they are automatically changed to "read" in your AO3 inbox. But with other people's comment responses, there's just no easy way to use the read/unread filter that doesn't require extra effort.

CYRT

Ah. I have cunningly avoided this problem by never writing fandoms or characters popular enough to develop a backlog of more than one unanswered comment at a time.

Same. I think the most my backlog has ever been was five or maybe seven comments :D

I guess it just boils down to different people preferring different notification methods, with the pros and cons that come with them. Personally, I find it easier to manage comments in the site inbox rather than read and archive emails for them, and so I just have emails for kudos. I don't have to hunt far to see who it was that replied to my comments after reveals, but then again, they're not several pages deep. As for sorting comments by people, it's not something that has really occurred to me so it's not something I miss, but I do see the utility of being able to do that.

I feel like I just bookmark the fics I liked the most, and then I can see who wrote what after reveals just by scrolling my bookmarks page. Less faff (for me personally)

I think the "Mark for later" function could work for that as well. I mostly use it for fics I know I don't want to start yet, but sometimes for stuff I know I want to get back to for a specific reason within a given timeframe.

I delete comment replies as soon as they hit my inbox so my unread count is always the number of comments I have left to reply to. /cool story bro

cyrt

Ha, that's useful. But I'd hate not having a record of everything I received. I like being able to go back and find comments and replies from 2009 (I deleted stuff before that and STILL REGRET IT!!!!!)

DC

I archive fic comments and kudos emails and use my email for that. It lets me easily search to see if someone I'm considering treating for an exchange has ever commented or kudos on my fic and therefore might be more likely to like how I write.

Same.

For fuck sake coalie just suggest your method if it’s so great.

We don’t need your villain origin story.

That's not exactly a villain origin story. It's a 'author whining about poor stats' origin story.

I'm not annoyed at all? I'm just going to be less likely to see your other fic, that's all. If you're considering replying "good, I don't want anyone as lazy and stupid as you reading them anyway" I suggest calming the fuck down.

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