To clear up a few points...
We have several tweaks to Group Mail that will be going live some time on Monday. These should address most of the concerns that people are having. Amoung the changes will be:
1. Fixes to the read status issues in User Mail and that Blog shares are showing as T&R shares.
2. There will be a count of group mail in the header. Usermail will show first, followed by Group mail...example: (1/19)
3. Any group message older than 12 hours will display as read.
Group Mail is now a Bulletin message, so there is ONE message that everyone views...that's why you cannot delete them. In a future update to Groups we are considering allowing Group Admin's to remove messages.
Previously, if you sent a message to a group, you also recieved it. This did not change with the update that was made.
FanMail has been the default communication tool on the site because there hasn't been any other tool. We are in the process of creating sevearl tools to improve communication across the site. Due to several performance and system issues, we needed to change how group mail worked or face a serious site wide issue.
Some of the things we are working on to improve communication (All of these are in development, so they are subject to change, but wanted to let you know what our goals are):
Overhaul to Groups - Improving and adding several features to the group page, and giving group admins more control.
Overhaul Blogtracker - Having blog tracker alert the user when a new post has been made in a tracked blog.
Overhaul the My Groups page - Allowing group alerts to appear there...giving a very specific communication tool for group mods.
Possibly creating a Throwdown tracker - This is in early stages, can't promise anything at this time.
We appreciate all the feedback people have given, and understand that a change like this can be very frustrating. It's frustrating to us as well. In an ideal world, the feature would not have been rolled out until more of the improvements were in place...but due to the site wide issues mentioned, we needed to roll this out ASAP.
If there are specific issues, or problems please leave a comment here, or email me at themoderator@fannation.com
All questions, feedback or problems will be addressed quickly.
Daniela Hantuchova
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That helps...still not crazy about the changes really...
Coletrain
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OK, fine...glad we cleared THAT up...LOL
DC Sports Nut: Nats,…
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This is one of those cases where we had to take a step back to take several steps forward.
The Moderator
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Looking forward to blog tracker updates. That should = more views
CJBOSOX
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Thanks a lot. The ability to delete unwanted group mail is a biggie. There are a lot of kids on the site now with an awful lot of worthless blogs and TDs that most of us are just not interested in.
Hllywd: Old…
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thank God!
Anthony E-is out.
Easton , PA
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hllywood thx haha.
Anthony E-is out.
Easton , PA
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Thanks for the heads up.
(Cincy)
Jamestown, OH
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i still don't like it...
Da Masta: retired
I Live In, NJ
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Not really liking it quite yet. I think that we should be able to delete the group mail.
Dyhard
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Thanks for the update
Paddy26
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There is just no way to beat that "Delete All" button. The same format that we currently have for fan mail. Those of us that regularly write a group blog are concerned about "Views." I currently have 10 pages of group mail that I'm not remotely interested in. I'm sure that I'm not alone. I have little or no interest in trying to sift through these unwanted posts to find the ones I want to read. I suddenly find myself not looking at group mail anymore.
Hllywd: Old…
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Still sucks.
thehemogoblin
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why is it when you reply back to the moderator at the site given it is returned undeliverable?
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