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Email notification update


  • Kevin
    Nov 5 8:07 PM
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    I've made some updates today, including fixing a bug with new notifications of friends posts getting sent even when opted out, and also disabling notifications of replies to comments you've made.

    There's also now an option to not show your full poem content when you post a new poem. It's at the bottom of the notification settings.

    I've added a link to notification settings on the right side of the author edit page as well, to hopefully make it easier to find.

    The link to opt out from the bottom of the email was broken for some users, but should be fixed for the future now.

    Also, unrelated but some ppl had edge lines showing up even though they'd told them not to - this is fixed now as well.

    Thanks for your help! Please let me know if you get more errant emails or notice any patterns to when you see your hiding options reset.

  • Gigglegasm
    November 5 ↑
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    I've added a link to notification settings on the right side of the author edit page as well, to hopefully make it easier to find.

    File not Found (404)

    The forest is closing around,
    The bread-crumbs have gone.
    Hansel turns around yelling,
    "File not found!"

  • catz
    November 5 ↑
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    Thanks, Kevin... that should make life simpler and also help certain members from being so grumpy

  • ea
    November 6 ↑
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    Yes, it seems to work, Kevin. We can send our own "noguest" poems to our own emails, but we can't send others' now. Thank you.

  • The Bear
    November 6 ↑
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    I do not know about grumpy, but when one is interfered with unsolicited off site then can be cause for concern.
    People have different lives outside and no one can be understanding of how everyone live their life.
    For the example- some people may use the Poetry and even the forums to express themselves in ways they cannot in their daily life. Some people may not want other people who have access to email address to know they write poetry and interact with people who write poetry - especial if is of an erotic nature or something.

    In fact, my friend just ring me crying because her husband want to know what man is sending her poetry in the email. She only usually use AP when she is at work or at our house, because her husband is controlling sort of person , and she rather not involve him in her poetry life.

    I have to explain actually was not a man but a woman who make the poem. This did not make it much better. Now my friend is outed and her husband demand to see what she is writing. This is perhaps unique situation but I am sure there are other adults who rather be private and only share their poetry with anonymous people on internet and not have their inbox and families and work colleagues etc involved.

    I would imagine first most of the tens thousands of people on AP know of this is when their inbox get these mails, as did my friend. Also, what of people who have not visited site in more than a year and then he suddenly get these mails? How should they have opt out of this feature before embarrassment or worse may be caused?

    Why you not just send everyone Internal Message about this feature and invite members to opt in, not make the confusion where people must opt out in complicated manners - is hard to opt out of something you did not knwo you is opted into.

    You cast stones in water without thought for consequences to some people.


  • The Bear
    November 7 ↑
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    Does anyone know, if I post adult category poem , and someone have me on their favourite list who is not an adult, will they receive this poem in their mail box? This is out of my control and I do not like it. I do not like thought that some child get a poem I write and their parent think I send them and really I know nothing about it.

    I think is not been thought of bigger picture consequences in this feature at all, and the privacy of members is compromised.

    I am thinking is not safe to post. If I just post in the group I am i, this should be okay, yes? The world will not see the raw poem I post to workshop there?

    I know you are busy Kevin, but these are my concerns and I and my friends need reassurance on this breeching of our emailing addresses we provide. There is nothing when we sign up to say that this would happen, and there is nothing when we sign up to say that although we may check out of this site we can never leave it by closing account. I feel quite vulnerable now and would appreciate that you tell me I am wrong and you have safeguard these things before making the feature.






  • cvillelisa
    November 7 ↑
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    Hi Kevin,

    What the Fu%K? You are emailing my posted poems around unless I say please don't do it?

    1. What the fu&k?
    2. This shouldn't even be an option -- never mind one we have to opt out of
    3. Really, what the fu&K?

    It took me a while to see this because I have a bad email attached to my allpottery account. I noticed people were taking me off their favorites list -- I know I suck so I just thought it was one of those purging times. Then I had a chat with one of my favorite people in the world who Quit.

    This is probably the worst thing you've thought of and imposed upon your users since I've been a member. I totally understand the concerns and anger all my "grumpy" friends have expressed here.

    I know you'll smile and say it's all fixed now ... blahblahblah. But man, what a stupid feature and really, how dare you?

    All poetry will NEVER have a viable email address of mine.

    Lisa

  • Snow White Sorrow
    November 7 ↑
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    Personally, I think that optional things are good. It allows you to please more people. I am one of the people who dislikes these email things, but I don't mind them as long as I can turn them off and stay off.

    As a quick suggestion... it seems that the majority of the people I've talked to about this dislike the email system. So, would it be better if you have the options, but set them to automatically not send emails unless someone turns them off?

  • ErrantHeart
    November 7 ↑
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    Okay, well call me stupid but help me to understand this.

    By opting out that means I don't get any email notifications of my friends/favorites or notes either. Does it also mean that nothing pertaining to me will be sent out to friends/favorites? Or do I have to delete all my friends/favorites from my list so that no one will be sent anything of mine? Do I have to opt out every time I post something new? Because seriously I don't want my poems or any portion of them spamming out to anybody, I just want them left on my page.

    You seem to be steam rolling along with this in your own fashion and sorta dismissing our concerns. Why 's dat?

  • ea
    November 7 ↑
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    actually, Kevin, I found just now that I was wrong about that "noguest" poem of someone's not being able to be emailed. It was emailed to me successfully; it just took all this time to show up in my spam, whereas my own poems came immediately to my in-box 2 days ago.

  • Yvette Champ
    November 8 ↑
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    Kevin...

    I am also confused. I opted out of receiving these emails and also opted out of having my posts sent off site.


    Despite this one of my posts was sent ( to my knowledge) There may have been more I am unaware of.


    And I received a poet's poem in my email .


    Followed by an email a couple of days later which was, in actuality, not a poem but a response to a discussion I was having in IM on site with another poet.


    Please can you tell me if we are able to opt out of receiving AND having our own mail/messages sent?


    I thought I'd done this.


    I would very much appreciate clarification on this issue.



    Many Thanks Indeed


    Yvette






  • Wandering Woodchuck
    November 8 ↑
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    I dont want to be emailed about poems the my favorites have written. Nor do I want my work emailed to others. I have opted out and am still being notified. Please can we make this cease?

    I enjoy the site very much but will quit if there is no control over this.

    Mike

  • zt
    November 14 ↑
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    I'm sure you can check my settings, but something here is still not right. I am set to get no email notifications and set that email should be once a week only if I do not login for a week. Yet today I got an email notification about a message (spam IM to boot) "1 notes since your last visit, 1 day ago."

  • Cynewulf
    November 15 ↑
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    Homer Simpson Moment...

    There's something new? I wondered why I kept getting emails from AP!

    DOH......
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