XF 1.4 Is there any way to have alerts for watched threads that haven't been visited since last alert?

[Amin Sabet]

When a member misses an alert for a new post in a watched thread, they don't get alerts for subsequent posts in that thread until they visit the thread. I understand that this is how Xenforo works by design.

Is there any way to change this? Ideally change it just for one usergroup that likes to get a lot of alerts? I often get complaints from members who say they aren't getting alerts, and I suspect these members are just not compatible with the default Xenforo behavior.

 

[Paul B]

Is there any way to change this?

It would require custom development.

 

[Amin Sabet]

Fast and easy custom development or long and expensive custom development?

 

[sbj]

It annoys me also a lot but you can't do much about it. There is no add-on which would change this behaviour sadly.
Well, Chris said that we can't just change some lines of code in core files to accomplish this behaviour. So it needs a developer to do this.
https://xenforo.com/community/threads/alert-trigger-for-watched-theads.95946/#post-919549
Maybe that answers your question.