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dansup

The lack of push notifications and email notifications in @pixelfed is a double edged sword.

On one hand, it feels good to see old school engagement where you have to make an effort to check up on your account

But on the other hand it decimates retention as the lack of interaction notifications can make it easy to forget.

Don't worry though, not only are push/email notifications coming, but you will be able to easily disable them.

28 Aug 2023 at 12:08 | Open on mastodon.social
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Samir Al-Battran

@dansup @pixelfed
You are right!
One of the challenges I see with fedi-devs is that they are shy about basic retention strategies, leaving the field wide open to profit driven competitors to dominate.

Someone complaining about something shouldn't mean that's what everyone wants.
Make them easy to disable, or even ask the user if they want to enable them, many people want notifications! (Just make them fine grain, not all or nothing)

28 Aug 2023 at 12:21 | Open on m.fedica.com
Rev. GothAlice

@dansup @pixelfed Curious idea: e-mail bridge. Reply to a notification to respond to it. I use Mailgun for this in my own apps, but it’s hardly free.

28 Aug 2023 at 12:42 | Open on marrow.haus
dansup

@alice @pixelfed Email replies are an interesting idea, but I can see them being abused.

I can see this working if the admin can allow certain accounts to use this, or disable entirely.

28 Aug 2023 at 12:44 | Open on mastodon.social
Rev. GothAlice

@dansup @pixelfed Less a usable if there’s a security code as part of it. E.g. notification+unique-code@example.com

Vary the code per notification. Requires inbound setup (DNS) on the instance side.

28 Aug 2023 at 12:46 | Open on marrow.haus
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