[Revan]

Originally Posted by JohnBee

Ex: Amie posts a thread asking for help. (she subscribes)
Joe answers Amie with some ideas.
Amie thanks Joe and says she will try it and post her results in the thread.

Everyone waits for new activity on that thread.... using the new posts or
subscription feature....

Do you see a problem with this?

No, I don't. In fact, I think you pretty much owned yourself with that one.
If you had said that JOE subscribed, THEN the point would be half valid. Then again, Joe wouldn't need to subscribe, because he has said his piece and will check back at a later time (which may very well be the next day) if he is interested in knowing if his fix worked.
Amie doesn't need to post a new reply, thus sending herself an email saying there has been a new reply, when it is infact her own.
I said it was half valid, because even if Amie edits her own post with the result and a small fix to the code (thus making it work), the other people monitoring the thread would sooner or later post a reply of their own, thus enabling the Email and New Post for all the rest of the users monitoring the thread.