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Related: About this forumAccidentally tapped Alert while scrolling
I tried to back out of it but not sure if I was successful. Anything that I should do??
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Accidentally tapped Alert while scrolling (Original Post)
MANative
13 hrs ago
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EarlG
(23,021 posts)1. Sending an alert is a multi-step process
You have to click the "Alert" button, select a rule violation from the list, and then finally click the button to send the alert. If you didn't go through the full process, no alert was sent.
Walleye
(41,204 posts)2. Thanks for the clear concise answer. I've done that a couple of times myself.
MANative
(4,173 posts)3. Awesome - didn't do anything beyond the original errant tap
Thanks!
fargone
(391 posts)4. I do that periodically, never to the second step
I also frequently hit the delete X when trying to open a thread. Bad thumbs.
murielm99
(32,055 posts)5. I've done that by accident.
No harm done. I have alerted on the wrong post a couple of times as well.