No the alert is just a global setting. Threads turn blue when you're quoted. Or at least they should be turning blue.

Personally I just don't see the need. The counting threads are stupid spam that help when activity is low. Having bots correct users instead of having other users correct users makes the threads more pointless and less active.


Also don't know if you've noticed this yet, but you can quote a person based off highlighted text. A new button shows up next to quote.

Yeah, I noticed a while ago!