Well said, Tom. 

It will serve to limit my activity in the forum if I have to remember to uncheck a box every time I reply to a thread.

I'll have to agree with that as well, 2of3.  It's a pain in the sacroiliac to have to uncheck it every time.

Sorry, you are wrong. It was (as indicated in the thread I linked to) changed to un-checked by default. It's only recently gone back to checked by default.

And we'd like it fixed.

Please.

I untick the checkbox and am not subscribed to any posts.

No I ain't.

Remember...I'm here effectively 24/7 365 ....so what I see is what you get....particularly evident when the number of actual logins I do in a year probably doesn't make it to double figures.

YOU may see it differently....because you may actually leave the site...I don't.

So what I say I see is exactly that....what I see.

This ^ 

Ok.

Whatever.

So never frakkin mind.

Jafo, you may be right about what YOU see. Just as Stardock Support knows that their software has different issues for different people, apparently, so does the site.

I run no addons for my browser. I run IE 11 straight up as MS gave it to me. I even disable some of MS' bull crap do not track etc.

I have not had to manually uncheck the subscribe option for a long time, actually, ever since it was fixed before. It is very annoying. I'm sorry if what I see differs from what you see, but it is what it is. And it is very irritating and will likely result in my forum input being limited as well.

Please, devs, fix this. Hopefully before my subscription ends.

Not to sound like an ingrate but why all the hoopla over a little checkbox? It takes but a second to untick it.

Uvah, because it's a pain in the ass, and regardless of what some others may see, it hasn't been like that for a long while.

We pay a subscription to be on this site, we shouldn't have to deal with being automatically subscribed to a bunch of threads just because we replied to it.

If one spends a lot of time replying, helping, etc. in the forums, it quickly becomes a pain to have to remember to uncheck a box that SHOULD be unchecked by default.

In options, there is a box which, when unchecked, SHOULD take care of this problem, but it isn't working.

It is there for a reason, let's see if we can make it work as it should.

Some things do tend to get ignored at this site, like the non working emotes, for example. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.....if it is broke, then fix it.

I see...I see said the blind man. Checked my account options, unchecked auto-subscribe, clicked save changes and it didn't save the change. Check mark to subscribe to post is still there. 

Same here. 

Mine is unchecked, but I still get subscribed, unless I uncheck the subscribe box at the bottom of every thread I reply to, or the one with the orange star at the top of each page. They're checked by default if I just show up and look. But it only subscribes me if I reply.

Still not fixed.........this really does suck.

I guess one could just ignore/not use the subscribe function at all. Would the resulting build up cause any problems?

 This must be one of those fabulous changes in store for WC in 2014 we read about. Hint; an option you have absolutely no real control over ain't much of an option.......

Nah, storing and transferring all that unwanted and unneeded data couldn't possibly cause anything like that server implosion last week.

I have never seen a need to subscribe to a thread or be emailed about its content.

I also find the FORCED to subscribe for each thread/reply to be VERY irritating,
and it has only been a couple of weeks since I noticed the HORRIBLE behavior happening,
also I checked my account option forsubscriptions (that I had originally turn OFF was back to ON).

WTF is going on.

I usually just use the replied to threads menu and have NOT EVER wanted OR used subscribed to threads.

harpo the irritated

Have any of you sent a support ticket in about the issue at hand? I'll pass it along that it's not working as intended.

Also, the forums are free to use.