Wow... I thought everyone used "subscribe to topic"! I know I sure do!
Basically it shoots you an email when someone replies to the thread. With such a busy forum it is hard for everyone to keep up on their favorite topics, so this allows you to get a single quick email when someone repies. For example, here is the email I go for this thread (note that you will only get one email, not multiple like on ezboard... I hate that!):
TheBigWRanch has replied to the topic 'move 'subscribe to' link?' to which you are subscribed. There may be more new replies, but this is the only notification you will receive until you visit the board again.
The post is located at
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=6436#p6436
The message reads as follows:
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I haven't been able to figure out what "subscribe to this topic" means!
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