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pwhodges:
Administrator Comment This question arose when MoM posted a response in the Mafia thread by mistake and promptly deleted it - only to find that someone else had still been able to read it. So the question of whether it is a good idea to include the content of posts in notifications has arisen. Forums vary in their practice, and I can enable or disable this feature in the forum software (individuals can already disable it for their own notifications, but that doesn't affect the issue). So I'm canvassing views on the matter, as I don't have a strong view myself.

--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 04 Feb 2014, 17:28 ---OoC: I honestly did not know that was possible on this forum,
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It's an option in your profile, whether to include the post in notifications.  The second part (including the post) I could turn off globally; I would be willing to do this, but am canvassing views on the matter first.

Masterpiece:
I'd like it to stay that way to be honest. It allows me to decide whether or not my response is required without opening the forums.

Not including the post is akin to a page-click generating scheme and I doubt the forums need more pageviews (especially considering there are no ads on the forum).

Jimmy the Squid:
I don't get email notifications. I prefer to read things on the forums. I'm happy for people to use the notifications system if they want to but I do feel uncomfortable with my posts being emailed out given how unsecure most emails are.

Barmymoo:
Masterpiece, since as you've pointed out there is no way that site visits benefit the forum I think it's unfair to say that it's a page-click generating scheme; the reason that some people would like for this to be turned off is because if posts are emailed out automatically, there are copies of posts which are (for legitimate and good reasons) later deleted or amended. If someone posts something, thinks better of it and deletes it before anyone sees, but a copy is emailed out, then they actually have lost the ability to delete. Equally, if mods delete posts because they break the rules, the post is still recorded elsewhere.

GarandMarine:
I don't use email notifications any way, because frankly I'd rather not clutter my inbox, but as far as including content in emails, I'd prefer we not, especially with sensitive material being posted in many of our threads. Especially in Relate.

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