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Resolved Getting spammed
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jason_guinn27
Rank IV
Enthusiast II
I have had 12 emails in the last hour. When network security is low on the financials and selling out is your top priority. So glad I used fake personal info for this "club" site.
Chetta58
Rank V
Enthusiast III
Hahaha! Well... I’ve been around OB since the beginning(ish) and to be honest this is only the second time I’ve ever really had an issue... several of the sites I used to belong to I just had to delete because crap would happen all the time... I’ve stayed w OB all these years because Michael and crew have been very attentive to members issues, even the dumb ones... but everyone has to make a living and priorities shift I suppose. I worked IT for 20ish years and breaches do happen regardless of time and money spent, ask Microsoft Corp !!! This is more like a forwarding/notification issue so...
jason_guinn27
Rank IV
Enthusiast II
Yikes, I did IT for the GOV for 8 years, are you the muscle that shows up when we find a problem? Are you comparing microsoft to a simple app and site? Will you silence me now?
Traveler I
I have gotten the same...
Chetta58
Rank V
Enthusiast III
Hahaha! That’s who I worked for, the gov! Hilarious... no, my son is the hammer that comes down on us when we break uncle Sam’s ‘thou shalt not’ rules... I was a server guru for the VA. Did network security in the early days when dumb terminals were still a thing...
jason_guinn27
Rank IV
Enthusiast II
Ok cool story. Basic networking security for a company should be a priority when they are accepting money internationally and have personal information on all people involved.
It appears someone did some maintenance or changed a setting on the app. This afternoon/evening I've received a dozen or two push notifications about new MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS but I can't find any setting on my profile that will allow me to disable that "feature" and I've never gotten these prior to today.
Advocate III
What do you mean “Selling Out”? OB isn’t selling out to anyone.
Chetta58
Rank V
Enthusiast III
Oh believe me, I agree... I’ve seen friends get their bank accounts wiped out. I have an account just for my online crap and just put enough in it to cover what I order etc... putting ur info out there, regardless of site is suicide. Only difference is u know it’s going to happen just not when...
jason_guinn27
Rank IV
Enthusiast II
Do you have access to OB financials?
Enthusiast III
50+ emails in the last hour. Have turned off all email notifications...
Enthusiast III
i got about 18 emails for new posts in the the members intro thread. in the email there is a part in there to turn notifications off for that thread or all email notifications.
Attachments
Advocate III
i have submitted a support ticket... it’s being looked into as we speak.
Advocate III
I know that OB isn’t on the market... the founders and CEOs aren’t selling, thinking about selling, or in any way making OB go public.
Benefactor
Hey all, I hope you are all doing well!
You are receiving the alerts because you are watching those threads.
Over the course of the last few weeks, we've received many customer reports that our alert system does not work. The complaint goes like this, "Hey, I watched a thread and I'm not getting notifications. It must be broken".
In actuality, it is not broken, its a feature. The feature worked like this: If you watched a forum or thread, and did not respond to an alert, you would no longer receive any alerts. This led folks to believe the system was broken.
As of ~4:52 PM PDT, we turned alerts on for all updated to a thread you are watching. This may not be desired, but if you unwatch those threads, you will no longer receive alerts. Also, if you would like to only receive push notifications, and not email alerts, you can unfollow the thread, re-follow, and select "without email alerts". You will then only receive app push notifications, and not emails.
This thread is a good place to get feedback - and I'll watch it to see what your thoughts are.
A basic question, given you can control this, would you still rather we programmatically throttle alerts like it was before.
M
BTW @jason_guinn27 that's a bad-ass rig.
You are receiving the alerts because you are watching those threads.
Over the course of the last few weeks, we've received many customer reports that our alert system does not work. The complaint goes like this, "Hey, I watched a thread and I'm not getting notifications. It must be broken".
In actuality, it is not broken, its a feature. The feature worked like this: If you watched a forum or thread, and did not respond to an alert, you would no longer receive any alerts. This led folks to believe the system was broken.
As of ~4:52 PM PDT, we turned alerts on for all updated to a thread you are watching. This may not be desired, but if you unwatch those threads, you will no longer receive alerts. Also, if you would like to only receive push notifications, and not email alerts, you can unfollow the thread, re-follow, and select "without email alerts". You will then only receive app push notifications, and not emails.
This thread is a good place to get feedback - and I'll watch it to see what your thoughts are.
A basic question, given you can control this, would you still rather we programmatically throttle alerts like it was before.
M
BTW @jason_guinn27 that's a bad-ass rig.
Benefactor
We may, your feedback is key. Let me ask you this if you don’t mind. Which behavior do you prefer, A or B:
A: if I follow a thread I receive alerts for all new posts.
B: if I follow a thread I will receive all new alerts until I don’t respond, then I will receive no alerts.
If it’s brain-breaking, I get it :) but those are the options.
Is there a possible C ?
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