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Posted Sep 7, '08 at 8:46am

dirkpitt1

dirkpitt1

1,227 posts

Wood - Knight

Heres an idea, what if you could send bulk mail? Like, click a buttom that sends a message to everybody in AG? Only you wouldnt get points for every one. or you could just pick people off a checklist, and send your message to them!
Pros:
It would make it easier for mods or admins to send a message to everybody, about a new update or rule.
It would make it easier for people to send ,essages to their clubs, instead of having to send them individually.
If someone has an important message, such as a new club, or an ARMORWIKI THEY MADE *wink wink*

Cons:
It would make spam easier, but at the same time, thered be no reason to spam because you dont get points.
People could abuse it, a problem easily solved by limiting it to one a day or so forth.
People could advertise. This is the only MAJOR drawback, but still, advertising isnt that horrible, right?

Also, under control panel, you could mark a box if you dont want these.
For customization, you could send a message to only people with wiis, steamTD, 360s, etc. And you could simply check off a box saying if you have one or not.

Overall, I think this is a good idea. The pros far outweigh the cons, especially in terms of mod messages.
And, like i said, you could make it so you get little points for it...

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 9:56am

InTheZone

InTheZone

566 posts

Gold - Lord

It's an interesting idea and for some reason, I get the feeling many people don't read the front page (news section) of the website. A moderator or admin sending a mass..

Wait, hold on.

The mods/admin already have our email addresses -- it's what we used when we signed up. If there was an important message (REALLY IMPORTANT) I'm sure they would send a mass email, but other than that, everything's posted on the front page and I'm pretty sure it's the users responsibility to check it out.

The bulk email power given to users is a different story, it would be interesting. It would certainly scrap the "Club Forum" idea. It's a bit complicated though, isn't it? Along with the fact there are some privacy issues involved as well. For example, say someone joins a club and tells the club leader, "yo, here's my addy" but then the person quits -- the club leader still has the potential to send crap to that user. My other concern is someone hacking the system and gaining access to ALL the email addresses available, unless there's a program where you opt to be involved in 'bulk emails'.

I do like the idea of Private Messages (or PM's for short). There found on other major forums and I think it would make life somewhat easier. You can send a PM without the entire world knowing, but then again, a user you don't know (a newbie) might be walking on the wild side and send some crap you don't need.

But I think that's the biggest risk in all of this.

 

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 11:09am

dirkpitt1

dirkpitt1

1,227 posts

Wood - Knight

We're not talking about bulk email, we're talking about bulk COMMENTS. But, you could opt out of them.

 

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 1:32pm

Carlie

Carlie

5,379 posts

Gold - Queen

Administrator

This is sort of what the forums are for. Announcements that you want many people to see. I think that if we had mass email sendings like that, people would take advantage of it, and emails would be sent out left and right. Personally, I would not want to be getting emails on my account all the time.

 

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 1:35pm

juan999999

juan999999

2,506 posts

Gold - King

Carlie is right then why else would forums are created.

 

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 1:52pm

dirkpitt1

dirkpitt1

1,227 posts

Wood - Knight

Im not talking about emails, we're talking about profile comments. And, topics in the forums can be lost in the back.

 

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 1:56pm

KingCheetah

KingCheetah

174 posts

Wood - Knight

i think thats a bad idea

 

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 1:58pm

Carlie

Carlie

5,379 posts

Gold - Queen

Administrator

Im not talking about emails, we're talking about profile comments. And, topics in the forums can be lost in the back.

I dunno, I just think that this would get abused. Not everyone here knows how to use the tools responsibly.

 

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 1:57pm

dirkpitt1

dirkpitt1

1,227 posts

Wood - Knight

Well, like i said, once a day bulk would keep it from abused too much.

 

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 2:19pm

305ganster

305ganster

23 posts

Gold - Knight

I personnaly think thats a good idea... especially like he said, for mods to send mass messages, and for clan members to send messages to their clans. yea im up with it.

 

Posted Sep 7, '08 at 2:29pm

dirkpitt1

dirkpitt1

1,227 posts

Wood - Knight

If there's any problems people have with it, im sure I can find a way to fix the problem.

 
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