User talk:RRabbit42

21:42: Tue 20 Dec 2011

IP users don't get message alerts
Unfortunately, you might have to wait until this Tuesday for some sort of public confirmation from Wikia in the weekly tech update. I asked the question through Special:Contact. Rappy did some tests of his own and then confirmed to me through email that IP users weren't getting message alerts reliably. He then said he submitted a ticket on it. The text of that message can be found here.

As you'll see when you click the above link, this issue has occurred before. Who knows how long it existed before it was eventually reported then? I rather suspect people rarely report when this issue arises. After all, most people who would report it would be registered users, who can't easily see that it's not working. The only reason I reported it was because I've spent a lot of time replying on IP user talk pages and I've never gotten any response until and unless I block the user and thereby detour them to their user talk page (or mine). I really dislike doing this. It goes against every wiki-editing instinct I have. But it has served to inspire more conversations with IPs over the last few weeks than I've ever had on Wikia. 20:03: Sun 10 Feb 2013