Following posts

When you submit a post, vote on a post, or comment on a post, you're automatically following it. You'll get notified when:

• The status changes (e.g., "Planned" -> "In progress" -> "Shipped").
• A new comment is posted (including the team's responses).
• The post is merged into another (with a link to the merged target).

Following without voting

Sometimes you want updates on a post without voting (it's already at high counts; you just want to track it). Click Follow on the post. Same notifications, no vote added.

Unfollowing

Three ways:

• Open the post, click Unfollow.
• Click unsubscribe in any notification email about that post.
• Manage everything at feedjolt.com/p/{slug}/email-preferences.

What you'll see

Notifications come by email by default. The email contains:

• The post title and a link.
• What changed (status, new comment, etc.).
• A one-click unsubscribe link.

The team running the portal can configure email frequency per their needs. Most portals send instantly; a few batch into a daily digest.

In-app notifications

Currently email-only. In-app notifications (a bell icon on the portal) are on the roadmap.

When you stop getting emails

We stop sending status emails when the post moves to a terminal status (usually "Shipped" or "Won't fix"), unless you've explicitly subscribed to "all changes including post-shipped". This keeps "Shipped" notifications from being followed by months of edits to the changelog entry.

If you really want every change forever, set up a webhook (if you're a developer) - see Webhooks.