Right now I have notifications for a couple hundred deviations. They've been accumulating for a while. It's not that I don't want to check them, it's just too much of a chore. I could subscribe for the thumbnails, but I've been burned the last 3 times I subscribed.

Every time I subscribe, I find that what I subscribed for just wasn't worth it. Whether it's beta testing or archive browsing, tthe features just don't match the hype. There's no way I'm spending another dime on dA just for a feature that should be standard.

If you've always been subscribed, are staff, or are a senior you may not even be aware that non-subscribers don't get thumbnails or message previews in the message center. Can someone with influence (a symbol other than ~) let the people higher up know that the message center is useless without previews?