Forum terminology is different than gallery terminology.
There are no "comments" in the forums at all - only "posts"
...we will have a brand new forum with brand new problems to fix at that point!
Yes, that's right, there are no "comments" in the forums at all - pardon my confusion, please. Technically, however, there are "Topics" and there are "replies". The term "Posts" (appearing only on Profile information, afaik) would appear to include topics started and replies made. Doesn't seem to include uploads to the Gallery, but my uploaded images are being posted on this board and in that way are included in Posts.
And, "...with brand new problems to fix..." sounds about right.
Personally, I never use rss, unread posts since last visit, automated alerts, or any other notifications at all.
I do like to have email notifications of replies to both Topics started by me and any 'comments' made by me on my own or anyone else's topics. I can't see how I could follow, or follow up on, a
specific discussion otherwise.
Some people upload images and choose to link to a board that is about the specific software used.
Some start threads directly and reference images via links to offsite storage or links to their User Gallery.
Well.. It happens that my image uploads are
automatically linked to
this board. That is, the "Mandelbulber Gallery" board, not the general "Manbelbulber" board - which is fine by me.
I didn't know that was happening, hence my confusion. As you rightly stated, it was a matter of misunderstanding.
The posting of my images here equates to creating a new Topic, and, iirc, in that situation "Notify me of replies." isn't checked by default.
Whatever the case, I have now switched my Notifications and Email settings to "Turn notification on when you post or reply to a topic." so that option should be enabled automatically from now on - thanks for pointing me in that direction!
OK.. It's all becoming clearer now. yay
Many thanks to all for your kind assistance!