Secret Private Groups
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When I first started caring about continuous topics of conversation I was using Yahoo groups at the time. They were convenient because you could subscribe via email and get each message delivered directly to your inbox and respond from there as well. As time went along I thought that moving to a forums based solution would ultimately be better because it was easier to see the threads and read only what you cared about. Well it wasn't long before I realized how much I missed the instant notice in my email about new posts (not just about, but the actual post, and the ability to reply without opening another app).
Which lead me to inquire about getting email notices (including post content) in an old PHPBBv2 forum - which gave me everything I wanted. OK it was a bit more than I wanted.. but even though it was around 1000 emails a day, I found this to get me what I wanted faster than going to the forums and digging around for new posts (yes I'm aware of the new posts since last visit option). I found that I would just rather live in email all day instead of jumping from one location to the next. I'm a member of around 100 forums, but I only visit 4 of them with any regularity and have given up on the rest because of the inconvenience of logging into each of them.
So while this really has nothing to do with private groups, this thread sparked my desire to let those who can make change aware of my desire to receive and respond via email.
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@Minion-Queen has asked me to test some new email notification options in another forum. Problem is, the more we add, the more likely every update will break stuff. So we are wary of doing more than necessary.
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I hate email notifications. i have all email notifications turned off on every social site I use.
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I used to be like that with some, but due to other notification problems I went back to that.
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It depends on the forum. The NodeBB Community I only visit once every few weeks so having email to tell me that someone is responding to me is nice. I only get two emails a week or so.
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There are areas of say FB that I want to, need to be notified so I am aware of changes as they occur. So for these areas I have them enabled.
Let's say I just loved reading the Anything Goes thread.. I would like to subscribe to that via email so I could get the updated posts as soon as they were posted... - this is just an example as I would never subscribe to this thread...
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@Dashrender said:
There are areas of say FB that I want to, need to be notified so I am aware of changes as they occur. So for these areas I have them enabled.
Let's say I just loved reading the Anything Goes thread.. I would like to subscribe to that via email so I could get the updated posts as soon as they were posted... - this is just an example as I would never subscribe to this thread...
Funny that you, who dislike FB a lot more than me, have FB notifications but I have none
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Makes sense to me. As long as they are used in this way, it does not seem like a problem. My two cents.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Funny that you, who dislike FB a lot more than me, have FB notifications but I have none
I only hate FB in that they basically broadcast any bit of data about you they can to the globe (or the highest payer - i.e. NSA). Private groups are great, but as I mentioned with being a member of so many forums... without notices I wouldn't be able to keep up.
Through my SW club I have over 500 FB friends, makes for an insane daily feed. Over time I've unsubscribed to those I generally don't know except by the club so their daily lives stuff doesn't clutter my feed, but it's still insane.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Minion-Queen has asked me to test some new email notification options in another forum. Problem is, the more we add, the more likely every update will break stuff. So we are wary of doing more than necessary.
I don't get a huge amount of email,.. but I really dont' need more notifications via emails. It would take some getting used to... but the notifications here are reasonable... thus far anyway.
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I disagree with a secret private group being set up here except if it's solely for NTG employees.
Why?
a. I've seen over and over the result of these secret areas. It's never pretty and the bile regularly spewed forth I not something that is healthy for the longevity of the community.
b. If there was one for NTG employees then, ironically, I'm ok with that. I trust that NTG can moderate their employees. They seem to do alright keeping things on an even keel in the public forums and would be simply shifting platforms for a better solution.
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Considering I'm not going to be a part of the NTG section, I guess it seems odd that I'd endorse it but hopefully point 'b' clears that up. -
@nadnerB said:
I disagree with a secret private group being set up here except if it's solely for NTG employees.
Why?I doubt that would happen. This is in no relation to NTG. Grove Social is has nothing to do with NTG other than NTG employees are over here as well.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@nadnerB said:
I disagree with a secret private group being set up here except if it's solely for NTG employees.
Why?I doubt that would happen. This is in no relation to NTG. Grove Social is has nothing to do with NTG other than NTG employees are over here as well.
Grove Social is also a client if I recall correctly.
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I hired NTG (well duh moment there) to do all of my technical support and also to support the platform it's self as this is WAY over my head.
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I do not think we will allow private groups for spewing anything. The same rules for moderation stand for even the private groups.
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@Minion-Queen That's what is called eating your own dog food?
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@coliver said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@nadnerB said:
I disagree with a secret private group being set up here except if it's solely for NTG employees.
Why?I doubt that would happen. This is in no relation to NTG. Grove Social is has nothing to do with NTG other than NTG employees are over here as well.
Grove Social is also a client if I recall correctly.
Correct, GS is an NTG client.
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@coliver said:
@Minion-Queen That's what is called eating your own dog food?
Is it Grove Social or Groove Social?Grove, like trees. Not Groove, like Microsoft software they were ashamed of and renamed to hide what it was (OneDrive for Business.)
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Semantics aside, I disagree with private groups here.
It goes against the ML tag line about being an open community... Unless that disappeared from the front page. I can't tell from my phone. -
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@Minion-Queen That's what is called eating your own dog food?
Is it Grove Social or Groove Social?Grove, like trees. Not Groove, like Microsoft software they were ashamed of and renamed to hide what it was (OneDrive for Business.)
Talking trees? Like an Ent?
