I don't know about you lot, but I feel I have failed in some way if i've posted several replies across multiple threads, signed in 5-12 hours later and have no notifications. So i propose that perhaps if this happens the system could send you a token notification that says "Well, at least you tried".
Or perhaps I'm just an attention whore since the update, though i suspect it's probably that since we have the abilities to reduce our own personal audience and exposure and generally circle jerk with a smaller audience than before bungie.next, it hurts that little bit more when someone doesn't reply to your brilliant analysis of a troll post or a news article that someone has brought to the general attention of the community.
All i'm saying is that, if you see a well thought out and interesting reply to a thread that hasn't received the attention you think it should've - reply to it; I suspect that you'll make the author that little bit happier.
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What I really like about notifications is that it no longer requires a topic to be on "page one" to be relevant. I could reply to a member days later (when I come across their comment or reply and feel an urge to respond), I post something, they get a notification and the conversation is dependent on people talking, not people bumping or making noise. I could follow someone I never knew about, page through a bit of their history and find something to talk about, even if it was days/weeks old. No accusations of necro-posting, no worries that "well this got stale fast", the content of the conversation is what keeps each conversation going. Plus, it is nice to see that people have responded to you too.