Comments on: Marsh

By: John

John — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:19:06 +0000

Thanks for the update Ian. I don’t mind reading (most) community messages… but the email alert each time one is issued gets a bit grating!

By: Ian Kennedy

Ian Kennedy — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:00:31 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions, keep ‘em coming. A quick note to let you know that the team pushed out a release earlier today that allows you to opt-out of Community Message emails. You can select it as an option at the bottom of your Profile page.

For more details, see my post on the MyBlogLog blog:

http://mybloglogb.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/07/at-your-service.html

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:36:55 +0000

It would be interesting to see what happened if there were an “opt out” option, Liz. I wonder how many people would use it? A lot if what I have been reading in the last or two is anything to go by!

By: Lis

Lis — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:06:50 +0000

I’m not a fan of this feature but I agree it could be useful for some. I just wish MBL had done a better job with the execution by offering an option to opt out.

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By: John

John — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:47:22 +0000

Hey Avi – thanks for the feedback! Yes, at the very least it would be nice to turn off the email alert for CMs. I’m happy to read actual CMs when I login, but could do without all the email alerts they generate!

By: Avinash

Avinash — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:10:16 +0000

I think your “announcement feed” idea is great. Sad these MBL folks just don’t want to understand that they seriously need to start thinking properly before they release a new feature.

If they had to release this feature as Robyn posted over at MBL blog that it was a popular demand, they should have added at least an option to ignore these messages before they make their way to our profile pages and email inboxes.

- Avi

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:27:08 +0000

@Sylvia – yes, I was the same. I thought this is a great idea, I’ll give it a go… but afterwards was likewise concerned I had spammed everyone!

@Grace – exactly! I also wondered if MBL would impose a limit on these sorts of “broadcasts”… like 1 per day or something… but “blogpaul” blew that theory out of the water!!

By: Ev Nucci

Ev Nucci — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:02:38 +0000

John, can you send me an email…I have something I want to talk to you about privately. Ev