More email integrations.. post notifications and identity

I agree that notifications could be reasonable in some cases, but users need to use it responsibly so they don't spam their contacts. Of course there should also be an option to disable the receiving of notifications, maybe also on a per-contact basis. And at last I think there should be different ways to receive notifications, not just by email.

If some of this may be implemented, there must be an option to disable email notifications for posts that have the "notify the user!" attribute. So you can disable any bothering via email.

If you want to send some information and want to "push it in their face"... or at least have people really not miss it: Write them a mail. Or maybe - to stay inside diaspora: Write them a new Conversation. If they want mail-notification they will receive mail-notification about a new conversation. :)

@j5lx I use this feature on G+ all the time.. Occasionally, a friend will 'spam' me with it, but I tell them not too, no big deal.. most people are careful not to use it often.

Of course there should also be an option to disable the receiving of all notifications... and from specific users, too.

@allahhh IMHO the "problem" is that d*'s contacts are basically just contacts and not necessarily friends - maybe they don't stop spamming even when you tell them to, while still writing good posts from time to time so you don't want to remove them from your contacts.

Whatever, an appropriate option would fix this anyway.

Not sure to understand all. From the other side what I would like to have is the possibility to receive a notification everytime some contacts I choose post something, and with an associated tag it would be even better. That way I do not have to log in everyday to check new posts and would not miss anything that counts for me.

From the other side what I would like to have is the possibility to receive a notification everytime some contacts I choose post something, and with an associated tag it would be even better.

That would be a feasible feature. People could define "watchdogs" (by user / by tag) that would notify them via email if a new post has arrived on their pod that matches the conditions.

Great ! I would like that. Alternatively, or in addition, these "watchdogs" might also generate an rss or atom feed that could be integrated in any rss agregator.

As with any feature: There must be someone to implement this and keep track of it and maintain it.

You can add many things to diaspora - in principle. But always keep in mind that the more we add, the more complex it becomes to explain these things to new users... so the first thing is: Do I really need it? Really really? Can't I work around using existing features?

Of course I know that. Your are right. But unfortunatly I do not know ruby to implement features. As for the use : social networks are a good place to share things and discuss but tends very rapidly to be overwhelming (too much info) and time consumming (even sometimes addictive) So the need for me to be able not to miss important posts without the need to connect every days... (it is another way of using a social network). I have not found any workaround for that on D*.
Thank you and have a nice day !

Is anybody willing to implement this or a version of it? Seems like not a big task and can fit right in to the UI.. if there is willingness, I will make a proposal.