Notifications for new episodes of shows

Weeyuhboo said:
I've noticed on many other sites that there are ways to subscribe to shows and be notified for new episodes or seasons.

Serhiyko said:

What sites?

Weeyuhboo said:
on the bottom I said when-will.net

Serhiyko said:

But that's only one site, and you said "other sites", and I thought you meant anime sites. Besides, nothing shows when I try going to that site
AniDB notifies you when an anime related to anything in your list is added to the database

Weeyuhboo said:
Besides, my point was that this site could profit from something like this. What's the point of this site if AniDB does the same thing, and supposedly better?

Serhiyko said:

Well there are limitations:
1. It does not send you e-mails, only jabber, RSS and site PMs
2. You can get notifications on new episodes, but you have to subscribe for every specific anime entry. Besides, it notifies you about new files and not episodes themselves, although you can configure which files you want to be notified on. But again, it has to be done for every entry separately, which may be a chore
The main disadvantage of that site in my eyes is that it's not so user-friendly as MAL, especially in keeping a generic (not attached to concrete files) list

Weeyuhboo said:
I'd think that the main reason for this site is a central point for some anime fans. This way, they can keep track of the shows they watch. You can talk to people about those shows and discuss plots, recommend shows, and make friends with common interests. The next logical step, at least for me, would be to implement this feature, even if it is through the community (by which I mean that a user can say that an episode aired and provide a date, and then if a couple of people confirm it, it could notify subscribers of the show).