Hey Matt,
The thing is... I am really lazy. If i can save a few repetitive clicks, I am willing to go through great lengths to prevent i have to ever do that. And that's what is going on here ♦
Just add each thread you're interested in to Favorites, then click this each time you wish to see any updates
^^ is about exactly what i would like and am used to on other fora. However, I want to save the click to add the thread to my favorites. That's all.
Some sites offer this feature in the forum options, some in the post page. And I was wondering whether this is available over here.
PS: as ingrid suggested, i now opted to be emailed on each new reply. This means that on each post, the thread is added to my favorites AND the option is set to send an email on updates. The latter email I'm not interested in, so i guess I will make an email filter that will drop them. Too bad the emails will be sent to the eternal bitplanes before they are read