MetaTalk posts tagged with mefimail http://metatalk.metafilter.com/tags/mefimail Posts tagged with 'mefimail' at MetaTalk. Thu, 01 Jun 2017 10:16:49 -0800 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 10:16:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Why allow blocking private messages? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/24437/Why%2Dallow%2Dblocking%2Dprivate%2Dmessages For the first time, I just had another user block my private messages after a polite but heated exchange where I guess they just really wanted the last word. I'm not like offended, but I had never noticed the option to block private messages before, and was wondering what the rationale is there. If someone is spamming or harassing another user, that seems like something that could be resolved through the mods. Is this something that has always been there, and do people use it all the time and I'm just out of the loop? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2017:site.24437 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 10:16:49 -0800 blocking mefimail memail metafilter privatemessages OverlappingElvis Could we mark MeFi Mail as unread? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/24161/Could%2Dwe%2Dmark%2DMeFi%2DMail%2Das%2Dunread Would it be possible to be able to mark MeFi Mail messages as unread? I tend to manage my email by marking messages I haven't yet responded to as "unread," and it would be helpful to me -- and maybe other people? -- to be able to do that with MeFi Mail, especially as there's not an indication that I've sent a reply. I have no idea if it's technically difficult, or if other people would also find it useful, and I understand the feasibility will likely depend on some calculation of both of those things. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2016:site.24161 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:52:26 -0800 mail MeFiMail unread lazuli You sound just like a _____! http://metatalk.metafilter.com/23428/You%2Dsound%2Djust%2Dlike%2Da There is currently a practice across Metafilter, especially within Metafilter proper (the Blue) and Metatalk (the Grey) of making personal attacks against other users that I feel undermines the community aspect of the site. The attacks I am concerned with most often take the form of ugly insinuations that the user is deliberately derailing, trolling or using common tactics which are allegedly known to be popular with (in alphabetical order, thee could be more, these are all I could think of when I set about making this thread): <ul> <li>Anti-Semites <li>Bigots <li>Conservatives <li>Misogynists <li>MRAs <li>PUAs <li>Racists <li>Redditors (specifically, usually The Red Pill subreddit) <li>TERFs <li>Transmisogonists</li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul> In Metafitler threads, these insinuations already skirt the edges of the guidelines governing the site, and so do not usually go further than that, though the insinuations themselves are often enough to cast a member of the site in the worst possible light. [Note: Though there is a common adage that saying someone is guilty of racism or sexism is not the same as saying that person is a racist or sexist, there is indisputably a negative connotation to a user being accused of racist or sexist behavior in a thread, and that connotation exists even if/when that accusation is unfounded.] In Metatalk, the greater leeway for commenting allows users to make accusations even more openly and we have heated exchanges where a user is defending himself/herself while other users chime in to give their opinions and share their own biases for/against the accusations being made as a result. There’s also the problem that these accusations often come <em>within</em> longboat Metatalk threads ostensibly about other issues. So the member in question may not even be participating in the thread when this talk is going on, or be unprepared to defend himself/herself because the accusation was unexpected. Technically, it is already against the guidelines to attack someone personally on Metafilter, and on Metatalk one is expected to start a thread specifically about the other user rather than comment in an existing thread. In practice, though, while <em>sometimes</em> users in <em>some</em> threads are advised to start a new Metatalk thread about a “problem” user, or take the issue to Mefi mail, just as often the personal attacks are allowed to stand, and moderation can be anywhere from non-existent to laissez faire to diligent. Users and mods may delete <em>why</em> that discrepancy exists, but that is the way these situations play out historically. This has the result, which may be intended, of intimidating the accused into leaving the thread or the site altogether. The mods are overworked and overwhelmed as it is, and I don't blame them for wanting less drama on the site. Even telling other users to take their grievances to Mefimail in cases like this, though, given that several Mefites indicated in a previous Metatalk that they have received Mefimail that felt like harassment in the past, does not seem like the ideal solution to the problem. And, again, the Metafilter policy is technically against harassment of other members, but what constitutes harassment is also open to interpretation and we do not have an official policy laying out precisely what constitutes actionable harassment as far as I know. Opting out of Mefimail is one avenue, but that seems to put the onus for dealing with ugly accusations with the accused (in effect, blaming the victim) rather than on the accuser to, to put it bluntly, shut up or prove their case. It is my personal feeling that every user who has ponied up that $5 (or slipped in during free sign-ups!) should feel comfortable interacting with all aspects of the site, and not have to make special accommodations to avoid users who are breaking the guidelines, anyway. Whew. Okay, after that long wall of text, the obvious question is, "If this is really a site problem, what do we do about it?" My proposed action would be that all comments inferring, implying and down-right accusing other members in the way I have outlined above should be flagged for deletion by default. If users sincerely believe that someone is attempting to troll, is a member of hate group, or is engaging in behavior that is against the site guidelines, those users should be willing to name the person in question and make a case on Metatalk to support that position. That puts the onus on them, where I feel it belongs. This solution goes along with the already accepted practices of deleting threadshitting comments from the beginning of threads, or automatically deleting comments which consist of nothing more than crying “fake”. But, that's just my solution, and I am open to any suggestions about dealing with this specific problem and maybe you all can come up with better ones. Please help keep this discussion productive by not focusing on how you may feel about me personally. I put a lot of thought and effort into composing this post, and my goal in posting this is not to point fingers at anyone but to help make the site more welcoming and inclusive for ALL of us. Thanks, everybody! tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2014:site.23428 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:29:44 -0800 advocacy chauvinsim community debateclub favorites feminism feminism101 guidelines intersectionality Mefimail misogyny moderation MRA philosophy101 popularity prejudice problembehavior problemusers PUA racism sexism sitepolicy socialcapital transgenderadvocacy transmisogyny misha Fantastic commenters will never know they're fantastic http://metatalk.metafilter.com/23353/Fantastic%2Dcommenters%2Dwill%2Dnever%2Dknow%2Dtheyre%2Dfantastic I'm seeing a lot of great comments on the blue lately; I mark them as favorites, of course, but sometimes I flag them as "Fantastic". However, the commenter doesn't receive this feedback. Thing is, people will never know they're fantastic; how would people feel about automatically receiving a MeFi mail letting them know that their contribution was marked as fantastic? What do you all think? It wouldn't have to Name Names, it could be something like, "Thanks for contributing to the conversation - this comment (link) was marked as fantastic by (xnumber) people." (I have looked at the previous <a href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/21078/Id-love-to-know-what-others-think-is-fantastic">discussion of flagging</a> in 2011.) tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2014:site.23353 Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:27:18 -0800 community fantastic feedback flagging flags MeFimail joseph conrad is fully awesome A boon for the fumble-fingered! http://metatalk.metafilter.com/23113/A%2Dboon%2Dfor%2Dthe%2Dfumble%2Dfingered A small pony request: we have the edit button for comments we make on AskMefi, would it be possible to add an edit capability to Memail messages? 'Cause sometimes, my fat fingers don't go where I want them to go.... tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2014:site.23113 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:11:50 -0800 capability edit mefimail easily confused Warning for MeMail to disabled accounts http://metatalk.metafilter.com/22559/Warning%2Dfor%2DMeMail%2Dto%2Ddisabled%2Daccounts If a user has a disabled account, the user's profile page lacks a link to send MeFi Mail, effectively preventing us from sending that user MeMail. But most of the MeMails I send are via replies. When I reply, there is no warning if the user has disabled the account. It can be a little surprising to realize that one has been sending messages essentially into the ether, although I presume the messages are preserved for the user's return. Can we get a warning when sending a MeMail to a user with a disabled account? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2013:site.22559 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:11:43 -0800 account disabled mail mefimail memail surprise usability warning grouse Send me sent MeFi Mails? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/21021/Send%2Dme%2Dsent%2DMeFi%2DMails I'd like it if I had the option to also send a copy of the MeFi mails I <em>send</em> to my main email account as well as those I receive. I like to keep all my email organized through my Gmail account. While I can copy what I send and paste it into a mail to myself, it would be handy if I just automatically sent myself a copy when I sent or replied to a MeFi Mail, the same as I get a copy automatically (by how my preferences are set in my profile) when I'm sent a mail. Any chance of getting this into the line for feature development? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.21021 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:52:32 -0800 email forwarding mefimail nanojath Did the MeFi Marriages begin by MeFi Mail or meetup? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20394/Did%2Dthe%2DMeFi%2DMarriages%2Dbegin%2Dby%2DMeFi%2DMail%2Dor%2Dmeetup Did the MeFi Marriages begin by MeFi Mail or meetup? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20394 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:09:40 -0800 irl marriage meetup mefimail Joe Beese This pony is too small. http://metatalk.metafilter.com/20230/This%2Dpony%2Dis%2Dtoo%2Dsmall Would it be possible to raise the maximum number of mefimails to 100 per hour? I send a lot of mefimails. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2011:site.20230 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:09:38 -0800 limits mefimail pony tag TwelveTwo Friend can't find button http://metatalk.metafilter.com/19789/Friend%2Dcant%2Dfind%2Dbutton A friend of mine has a really embarrassing question. My friend goes into his Mefi mail account and can't find the Compose button to send mefi mail. He's poked around and can't seem to figure it out. What a silly friend. Anyhow if there is someone who can help out my friend that would be great. My friend would really appreciate it. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2010:site.19789 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:11:44 -0800 mefimail storybored Contact form to mefi mail? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/19751/Contact%2Dform%2Dto%2Dmefi%2Dmail Can the contact form have the option of choosing where a response from the mods is sent if one is forthcoming? I recognize you have folks contact you via the form who don't have accounts here--but is it possible if I'm logged in and use the form I might see something like this? <pre>If we need to contact you, how should we do so? ( ) Use this email address: ________________ (x) Use MeFi Mail</pre> If I use the form and expect a response I'd much rather get said response in my mefi mailbox. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2010:site.19751 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:07:40 -0800 contactform mefimail maxwelton Five bucks, same as downtown http://metatalk.metafilter.com/19350/Five%2Dbucks%2Dsame%2Das%2Ddowntown I just got this nice Mefimail from a Mefite: <i>i found you on meta. i am new here! your info caught my eye! you seem very unique and interesting to me.</i> I was deeply flattered, of course. The message continued: <i>i actually am a phone fantasy girl working out of my home and stumbled on you as i first logged on. you may of course not be into XXX conversation however i just wanted to say hi and touch base with someone that is deep and intellectual like you.</i> At this point I was a little taken aback by her profession, but I am very open minded and I try not judge someone by the way they earn a living. Also the fact that she recognized that I was "deep and intellectual" convinced me that someone out there finally understood the profundity of my Metafilter presence. I haven't written back yet. Even though she assures me that <i>MY CALLS ARE JUST A BUCK A MINUTE</i> I don't know if her intellectual companionship is worth the price. I guess my question is: "how often should I expect to get interesting Mefimails such as this one?" It's never happened to me before. <small>Though I can explain this by the aforementioned lack of recognition of my profundity.</small> tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2010:site.19350 Thu, 27 May 2010 20:35:17 -0800 mefimail spam twoleftfeet Potential upgrades to MeFi Mail on iPhone? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/18949/Potential%2Dupgrades%2Dto%2DMeFi%2DMail%2Don%2DiPhone Potential upgrades to MeFi Mail on iPhone? You know what would be swell? If in MeFi Mail the iPhone interface had links to your sent messages, contacts and search, much like on the 'Standard Site'. All three of those links WORK in the iPhone interface - if you go to them in standard mode and switch to mobile view - but there is just no current way to get there directly. This is a pony of such limited scope I hesitated to even mention it, but I personally would find useful. I guess maybe just put it at the bottom of the rainy day list? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2010:site.18949 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:41:05 -0800 iphone mefimail pbisabigdamnhero dirtdirt Mark as Read http://metatalk.metafilter.com/18266/Mark%2Das%2DRead Yet-Another-Mefi-Mail-Pony: "Mark as Read" button in e-mail notification. So, I get my MeFi Mail sent to my e-mail address. Even when I read it there, though, I have to click onto the MeFi Mail box and read it again in order to mark it as read. Is there any way to have a "mark as read" button in the e-mail notification, or automatically mark as read all MeFi Mail sent by e-mail or something like that? <small>Apologies for the 27 millionth MeFi Mail pony request. I just have a pathological need to get rid of the number next to my mail icon.</small> tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2009:site.18266 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:41:23 -0800 mail mefi mefimail pony l33tpolicywonk Ask not what your AskMe can do for you http://metatalk.metafilter.com/18095/Ask%2Dnot%2Dwhat%2Dyour%2DAskMe%2Dcan%2Ddo%2Dfor%2Dyou VeryTinyHorsePlease? After x amount of time of thread inactivity, a MefiMail message sent when someone posts in your AskMe thread. I often forget the fact that I have posted a question to AskMe, therefore I forget to followup if activity in the thread lulls. It's not indicative of any lack of caring about the question, I just, well, forget. I know, I know, that's what Recent Activity is for, but an AskMe response can be easily lost in there. Make sense? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2009:site.18095 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:24:02 -0800 askme mefimail Cat Pie Hurts MeFiMail the mod currently on duty http://metatalk.metafilter.com/17811/MeFiMail%2Dthe%2Dmod%2Dcurrently%2Don%2Dduty Pony request: On the main MeFi Mail page, how about a link to "MeFiMail the mod currently on duty"? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2009:site.17811 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:00:11 -0800 mefimail mods jbickers Couldn't send your message because there was no message! Yes there was! http://metatalk.metafilter.com/17803/Couldnt%2Dsend%2Dyour%2Dmessage%2Dbecause%2Dthere%2Dwas%2Dno%2Dmessage%2DYes%2Dthere%2Dwas Can you remove the requirement that MeFi mails have to have text in the body? Sometimes a quick question/comment in the subject line suffices. I think most of us are techologically literate enough to not need the reminder that we are sending w/o text, and it doesn't remove any functionality for anyone. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2009:site.17803 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:46:56 -0800 mail mefimail desjardins A View to a Killfile? (Couldn't Resist a Pun) http://metatalk.metafilter.com/17550/A%2DView%2Dto%2Da%2DKillfile%2DCouldnt%2DResist%2Da%2DPun Has anybody else just received a MeFiMail from a spanking-new member? I'm reluctant to link to his profile because it all smells a bit like Potted Meat Product and his username is his site's name. (If he's way out of line, I don't want to put any linkbait here) I'm mostly concerned that, rather than picking out a few 'likely suspects' (and everyone knows I'm am quite unlikely), he may have found a way to do a Mass MeFiMail, which would not be good. My apologies if he's (relatively) innocent. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2009:site.17550 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:29:25 -0800 maybeabuse maybespam MeFiMail newbie wendell Quoting capabilities for MeFi mail? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/17324/Quoting%2Dcapabilities%2Dfor%2DMeFi%2Dmail Quoting capabilities for MeFi mail? Yeah, I know, it's not meant to be a full-fledged mail client, but it's annoying when someone responds to something you said and you have to go back to your sent folder to remember what the heck it was. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2009:site.17324 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:50:36 -0800 mefimail memail quoting desjardins Custom Folders for MeFi Mail http://metatalk.metafilter.com/17006/Custom%2DFolders%2Dfor%2DMeFi%2DMail I was wondering if there were any plans to implement custom folders in MeFi Mail that we could move MeFi e-mails to? If not, can we have them please? They could appear in the form of extra tabs next to the 'Your Sent Mail' and 'Your Contacts' tabs. Also, while I'm at it, adding a 'tags' link at the top of the MetaTalk page would be great too. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2008:site.17006 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:49:13 -0800 folders mefimail tabs tags Effigy2000 Why verify addresses to turn of mefi mail reminders? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/17003/Why%2Dverify%2Daddresses%2Dto%2Dturn%2Dof%2Dmefi%2Dmail%2Dreminders Why do I have to have a verified email address to opt out of mefi mail reminders? It wasn't a huge pain to verify it, but it doesn't make sense that I had to. It should have nothing to do with my email. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2008:site.17003 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:42:14 -0800 email mefimail resolved empath Where's my question? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/16839/Wheres%2Dmy%2Dquestion I posted a question in AskMeFi and can't find it. What gives? I asked a non-anonymous question which is still not on the green. Did I violate a rule of some sort? tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2008:site.16839 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:30:56 -0800 askme chatfilter conspiracy deleted deletion mefimail theory reenum MefiMail Improvements http://metatalk.metafilter.com/16615/MefiMail%2DImprovements Pony request: Would like more MefiMail options. Specifically, the ability to save drafts, include html, spell check and preview. I'm assuming they are non-existent for security reasons. Can anyone elaborate? I would think there are reasonable solutions. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2008:site.16615 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:49:19 -0800 denied mefimail memail pony sluglicker Mefimail -- the other, better metatalk http://metatalk.metafilter.com/15975/Mefimail%2Dthe%2Dother%2Dbetter%2Dmetatalk Hey guys, remember that mefi mail feature? Use it instead of metatalking. Somebody's not following metafilter protocol properly? Mefimail them instead of calling them out publicly. But what they did was really agregious! Mefimail an admin about it as well. Found a new bug? Mefimail an admin. Want a new pony? Mefimail an admin. Have questions only an admin can answer? Mefimail them directly. Want to know if something's an appropriate post? It isn't. Mefimail jonmc to talk about how the man is keeping you down. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2008:site.15975 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:50:36 -0800 mefimail garlic Cc:ing Yourself on Sent Mail on Mefi Mail http://metatalk.metafilter.com/15812/Ccing%2DYourself%2Don%2DSent%2DMail%2Don%2DMefi%2DMail <a href="http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=RFC&Find=find&string=exact">RFC </a>on carbon-copying Mefi mail <i>you</i> send to your home address, too. The other day, I was trying to clear out my Mefi mailbox. I realized I could clear out my inbox because Metafilter carbon-copies me on all new Mefi Mail messages, so they were already in my normal e-mail system. However, my sent messages remain in my sent mail box and can't make their way out of Mefi Mail. I made the suggestion to <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/username.mefi/pb">pb</a> that such a "cc yourself" feature could be rolled in to the next iteration of Mefi Mail, so that people can essentially use their preferred e-mail client (Thunderbird, Mail, Outlook, Gmail, what have you) to archive their MefiMail communications. He appeared to like the idea, but after running it past the admins, he said that the feedback from them was that it would be too much of a power-user feature. However, it was then suggested I solicit feedback on the idea from MeTa. The reason why I particularly like this pony is because we all have multiple messaging mailboxes on various systems. At the very least most of us have, in addition to our normal e-mail inbox, our work e-mail systems and Mefi Mail. Many of us also have other inboxes with our doctors (e.g. RelayHealth), our banks, our credit card companies, and so on. The overriding precept I'm thinking of here is that whatever can be done to consolidate said mailboxes or get them interacting with your "main" inbox is a feature all users, not just power users, would appreciate. tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2008:site.15812 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:51:18 -0800 cc mefimail WCityMike
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