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Beta Group Guidelines
#meta
I was a development manager for large software projects for many years and I designed and implemented several defect/enhancement tracking systems. Here are my suggestions, which are not original. Some
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I was a development manager for large software projects for many years and I designed and implemented several defect/enhancement tracking systems. Here are my suggestions, which are not original. Some
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Marv Waschke
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spamcop.net blocking groups.io?
#misc
Early on in this thread, I thought that Spamcop was not acting responsibly and considered doing some research, then complaining to my email provider. As this unfolds, I have started to change my mind.
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Early on in this thread, I thought that Spamcop was not acting responsibly and considered doing some research, then complaining to my email provider. As this unfolds, I have started to change my mind.
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Marv Waschke
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Samuel's Paid User Proposal
#suggestion
The proposal is fine as an option, but I don't think I would start any more groups on groups.io if I had no choice but to follow that model. I prefer a model where I as owner pay for the service and f
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The proposal is fine as an option, but I don't think I would start any more groups on groups.io if I had no choice but to follow that model. I prefer a model where I as owner pay for the service and f
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Marv Waschke
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Pricing Changes
#update
Just thought folks might like to know a little more about how this business works. I don't know about Groups.io, but I have experience with the economics of providing online services. The costs are us
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Just thought folks might like to know a little more about how this business works. I don't know about Groups.io, but I have experience with the economics of providing online services. The costs are us
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Marv Waschke
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Pricing Changes
#update
I think 2020 will mark the beginning of the great free online services shakeout. The services aren't free and the current methods of paying for them are all pretty flaky: selling ads that most people
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I think 2020 will mark the beginning of the great free online services shakeout. The services aren't free and the current methods of paying for them are all pretty flaky: selling ads that most people
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Marv Waschke
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"Find or Create a Group" page does not do what it looks like it was designed to do
#bug
It now works as I would expect it to. Excellent. Appreciate it. However, I think you could improve the interaction with the row of letters across the bottom. That was a nice feature when the group cou
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It now works as I would expect it to. Excellent. Appreciate it. However, I think you could improve the interaction with the row of letters across the bottom. That was a nice feature when the group cou
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Marv Waschke
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What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
#misc
The number sorted on is labeled "Topics". In gio-speak, I think topics usually refers to threads rather than individual messages. But I could be wrong. I didn't verify. Best, Marv
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The number sorted on is labeled "Topics". In gio-speak, I think topics usually refers to threads rather than individual messages. But I could be wrong. I didn't verify. Best, Marv
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Marv Waschke
· #26962
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What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
#misc
Exactly! I'll add that this search page was fine when gio had only a few hundred groups, but a lot of the frustration here stems from the length of the lists now that gio has grown to tens of thousand
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Exactly! I'll add that this search page was fine when gio had only a few hundred groups, but a lot of the frustration here stems from the length of the lists now that gio has grown to tens of thousand
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Marv Waschke
· #26959
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What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
#misc
Here's a little background on how searches like this work. Many of the people here are programmers and will find this boring, but if you are not among the cognoscenti, you may find this explanation he
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Here's a little background on how searches like this work. Many of the people here are programmers and will find this boring, but if you are not among the cognoscenti, you may find this explanation he
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Marv Waschke
· #26956
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What is the algorithm for the display order of groups after entering a keyword search?
#misc
I give Mark credit for providing functionality here without a lot of work on his part. I'm sure it's all priorities. That being said, J_Catlady has a point. Ease in finding groups to join is important
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I give Mark credit for providing functionality here without a lot of work on his part. I'm sure it's all priorities. That being said, J_Catlady has a point. Ease in finding groups to join is important
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Marv Waschke
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Send and Discard buttons too close together
#suggestion
An "Are you sure?" gate protects against fat brains as well as fat fingers, which is a bigger problem for me than fat fingers. Best, Marv
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An "Are you sure?" gate protects against fat brains as well as fat fingers, which is a bigger problem for me than fat fingers. Best, Marv
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Marv Waschke
· #26864
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drafts disappearing - bad
#bug
It appears to me that there is either a bug, or at least difficult to predict behavior, lurking here somewhere. However, I have to say that I gave up on online drafts in all applications, not just gio
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It appears to me that there is either a bug, or at least difficult to predict behavior, lurking here somewhere. However, I have to say that I gave up on online drafts in all applications, not just gio
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Marv Waschke
· #26501
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Cannot reply from +owner address
#suggestion
As long as it is clearly documented, I don't see anything fundamentally wrong with a moderator able to send under the owner's imprimatur. When I was in business, I frequently designated an assistant t
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As long as it is clearly documented, I don't see anything fundamentally wrong with a moderator able to send under the owner's imprimatur. When I was in business, I frequently designated an assistant t
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Marv Waschke
· #26380
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Make Sticky Topic show at top of Messages view
#suggestion
I'm also in favor of consistency. I observe that when a change like this is made, user behavior changes also: moderators will get better at trimming top-heavy clusters of stickies and become more judi
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I'm also in favor of consistency. I observe that when a change like this is made, user behavior changes also: moderators will get better at trimming top-heavy clusters of stickies and become more judi
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Marv Waschke
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Changes to new basic groups
#update
From day one of my awareness of groups.io. I have been troubled by sustainability of its business model. During my career in software development I saw good products fail when finance directors insist
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From day one of my awareness of groups.io. I have been troubled by sustainability of its business model. During my career in software development I saw good products fail when finance directors insist
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Marv Waschke
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Drafts policy change
#update
I would be glad to see drafts automatically purged. My drafts older than a day or so are just clutter to remember to delete. For what it's worth, I keep snips of text that I want to reuse in group mes
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I would be glad to see drafts automatically purged. My drafts older than a day or so are just clutter to remember to delete. For what it's worth, I keep snips of text that I want to reuse in group mes
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Marv Waschke
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Digest sent before member accepted
#bug
I just noticed Duane's comment on Time Zones. The digest was sent across the international date line. Could that have affected the digest sending logic? Best, Marv
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I just noticed Duane's comment on Time Zones. The digest was sent across the international date line. Could that have affected the digest sending logic? Best, Marv
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Marv Waschke
· #24681
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Digest sent before member accepted
#bug
On April 4, a user requested membership to our restricted, private archive group, received our standard reply asking for more information. Before replying, the as yet non-member received a message dig
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On April 4, a user requested membership to our restricted, private archive group, received our standard reply asking for more information. Before replying, the as yet non-member received a message dig
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Marv Waschke
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Process to propose new features
#meta
Mark-- If your goal is to induce some order on the suggestion process, i.e. consolidate duplicate or similar ideas, reduce the number of suggestions that have been hashed through in the past, and gene
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Mark-- If your goal is to induce some order on the suggestion process, i.e. consolidate duplicate or similar ideas, reduce the number of suggestions that have been hashed through in the past, and gene
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Marv Waschke
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Slow email delivery
Growing pains! Best, Marv
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Growing pains! Best, Marv
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Marv Waschke
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