Lawren Richards

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Ah-ha! Logging out and in did it! Weirdly I had access to the pie forums before doing so, but now I have added "Lawren" as a watch phrase; thank you!

My next question is: will I lose that phrase when my pie is consumed in a month? I don't do any of the pie/apples stuff and don't really want to fiddle with it.

Nicole Alderman wrote:
Lawren, could you post a screenshot of what you're seeing?

I switched to desktop mode (on my phone) and it looks exactly the same as mobile view.

Nicole Alderman wrote:
Lawren, could you post a screenshot of what you're seeing?

I switched to desktop mode (on my phone) and it looks exactly the same as mobile view.

Judith Browning wrote:I think I got it ..

Mine *definitely* doesn't look like this.  I'm in my phone; is your screenshot mobile or PC?

Nicole Alderman wrote:
Maybe "watch phrases" is a PIE perk? I think you now have 20 apples, which should cause you to get a free slice of pie. Do you now have access to watch phrases?

I did get the pie, but the watch page has not changed from the earlier screenshot. Phrases is not a section option.

I know I can ignore the PMs, but I *like* mentoring people who are interested in a more sustainable lifestyle. However, I have to do it in a way that's sustainable for me which right now looks like telling the mentees to PM a post link if they want my feedback. Even pie stuff that works is not sustainable-- I'm too busy to fiddle with the various gamifications. (Don't get me wrong; I think they're useful to build interest, I just don't have time to even figure out how it works.) Thanks for trying, though!

Anne Miller wrote:It seems to me that those people are looking for a friend.

Maybe suggest that they post their questions to the forum?

They don't have forum-specific questions; I have 25 years of experience on a multitude of forum topics and they are asking if they can email me "for advice."  I definitely want to direct them back to the forums, but they need a way to alert me when they ask a question there. I can't just follow a single topic, forum, thread, or whatever it's called.

It's mentorship they want, and I'm happy to do it but makes more sense to use public forums not email.

Nicole Alderman wrote:As for tagging people, we sort of can do that, but only if someone has set up a "watch" for their name.

That's *exactly* what I was looking for, thank you! The people emailing me don't have a definitive topic, they just send me a general "are you willing to answer lots of questions to help me" which actually I am but makes more sense to do it in a forum, so this way they can pick the forum and I'll be alerted if the type my name. Awesome!

Adding an addendum later: I went to the link and searched everywhere on the menu & under my profile but cannot see an option to add my own watch phrases? I just see the threads I've posted in. No section for adding watch phrases.

M Ljin wrote:A common way people do this is to click the “quote” button at the top of another’s post.

If I'm understanding you correctly, this only works if I have posted in that thread, right?

The scenario I'm considering is Stranger A starts a new topic of which I'm unaware, but he/she would like me to respond.  By definition I do not know the post exists, nor do I read random new topics that people post. In this scenario is there a way for "A" to catch my attention other than a PM with a link?

Thanks.

Akiva Silver wrote:  ... it clearly outlines the main reason that native plants are important, ... Insects..

Exactly this. There was a study done looking at insect biodiversity on Russian Olives vs I think cottonwoods on the same riverbank, and the biodiversity on the native species was literally 10x the diversity on the invasive.

Also, I see a big difference between "non-native" and "invasive"; I specifically target invasives as I am a forager, and if I want diversity in my foraging, invasives have to go. (And no I don't use herbicides.)

This reply is written 12 years after Paul's original post, and in that amount of time I have seen insect populations decline a frightening amount, and in a dark spiral as they decline so do the plants with which they have evolved.  Anything I can do to support native populations like the dozens of species of native bees that get driven out by the domestic honeybee: I'm all for it.