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Question about Messaging Functions

Ella Spell

Well-Known Member
Hi,
If people are engaged in conversation here on AF, and one of the people leaves the conversation and selects "ignore further responses" because they don't want to be disturbed for a period of time, is there a way they can enter the same conversation again?

I invited this person the first time. Then they left the conversation thinking it was just temporary. I keep sending new invites but they can't seem to get back in.
Is there a way around this?

Thanks!
 
Could you maybe just start a new conversation, instead of using the old one? It's not what you are asking about, but it's a quick fix.
 
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It seems weird that a person can't leave a conversation and go back in. Am I correct that there's no "rejoin" option anywhere?
 
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Right. ^ Thanks.

I suppose that's the message they got but it appears they chose "Ignore", because they were going to be busy at work and didn't want to be tempted to keep checking.

There's no way a person can change their mind and get back in again, ever?

I know it's not a problem specific to AF. I saw it happen before on another site with the same program. When I googled, I think it's called Xenforo?
 
Yeah I tested it now and it seems like the conversation is removed and there's no way to get back into it.
 
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Yes, XenForo is the platform.

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While I don't know the scope/volume of messages in your private group
conversation, it seems like it would not be insurmountable to either
A. summarize
B. take screenshots

If nobody wanted to do either of those, then I guess the person who
left the conversation would just have to catch up, at whatever point
the group reconvened (by which I mean, started a new group PM.),
if no other method presents itself.
 
When typing comments, there are different little icons up above.For example there is one to make letters bold, another for adding gifs, ect. I have been gradually learning how to use these different features, mostly by experimenting to see what they do. I have run into one that I don't understand though. At the top right corner there is one with a magnifying glass over a paper. When I hit it, it offered an option of either select all or Bing search if I recall the wording correctly. I hit Bing search to see what it did and it did not seem to do anything significant at all. Later I tried hitting the icon and it doesn't even give the two options to choose between now . At some point while I was trying to figure it out, it told me that I needed a relevant message. What is that button for ?
 
When typing comments, there are different little icons up above.For example there is one to make letters bold, another for adding gifs, ect. I have been gradually learning how to use these different features, mostly by experimenting to see what they do. I have run into one that I don't understand though. At the top right corner there is one with a magnifying glass over a paper. When I hit it, it offered an option of either select all or Bing search if I recall the wording correctly. I hit Bing search to see what it did and it did not seem to do anything significant at all. Later I tried hitting the icon and it doesn't even give the two options to choose between now . At some point while I was trying to figure it out, it told me that I needed a relevant message. What is that button for ?
This one?
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It is a "preview" feature.

You have to have some text in the reply box for it to work and then it will give you a preview of how your post will appear.
 

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