Comments on: AIM Blast…A new way to Communicate http://www.gregsmind.com/2008/06/26/aim-blasta-new-way-to-communicate/ All you ever wanted to know about Instant Messaging and Social Media from an AIM Developer. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:55:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: AIM Blast http://www.gregsmind.com/2008/06/26/aim-blasta-new-way-to-communicate/#comment-4392 AIM Blast Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:02:24 +0000 http://www.gregsmind.com/?p=93#comment-4392 Please fix AIM Blast so that the preferences can be set to restrict invite privileges to Admins only. Right now you can restrict invite privileges to Admins only, but, it disables the normal members ability to send text to the chat! Also I would like to see a feature to block everyone but admins from seeing the groups user list that currently shows up on everyone's buddylist. There is a feature to disable/enable, but again, it restricts members from sending text into the chat! So, this is definitely what needs to be worked on: 1. An option for the owner to disable/enable the list of names that currently shows up on everyone's buddylist. (this feature reportedly annoys members and is a privacy issue, as people have complained of being spammed and bothered by other people in the group) 2. Owner option to restrict invite privileges to admins only, allowing regular group members to still be able to type in the chat, but unable to invite unauthorized members. Please fix AIM Blast so that the preferences can be set to restrict invite privileges to Admins only. Right now you can restrict invite privileges to Admins only, but, it disables the normal members ability to send text to the chat! Also I would like to see a feature to block everyone but admins from seeing the groups user list that currently shows up on everyone’s buddylist. There is a feature to disable/enable, but again, it restricts members from sending text into the chat!

So, this is definitely what needs to be worked on:

1. An option for the owner to disable/enable the list of names that currently shows up on everyone’s buddylist. (this feature reportedly annoys members and is a privacy issue, as people have complained of being spammed and bothered by other people in the group)

2. Owner option to restrict invite privileges to admins only, allowing regular group members to still be able to type in the chat, but unable to invite unauthorized members.

]]> By: byteme177 http://www.gregsmind.com/2008/06/26/aim-blasta-new-way-to-communicate/#comment-3047 byteme177 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:05:01 +0000 http://www.gregsmind.com/?p=93#comment-3047 This is awful, you get invitations from people who you don't have listed even though you have blocks up on aim. Each time you sign on aim you get the same invitation. I have blocks up for a reason. Any program that over rides an individuals preferences is not good and will only be exploited my aim terrorist. I've tried for two days to block this crap with no luck. Thanks for a communist program. This is awful, you get invitations from people who you don’t have listed even though you have blocks up on aim. Each time you sign on aim you get the same invitation. I have blocks up for a reason. Any program that over rides an individuals preferences is not good and will only be exploited my aim terrorist. I’ve tried for two days to block this crap with no luck. Thanks for a communist program.

]]> By: Matthew Goldstein http://www.gregsmind.com/2008/06/26/aim-blasta-new-way-to-communicate/#comment-2064 Matthew Goldstein Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:12:09 +0000 http://www.gregsmind.com/?p=93#comment-2064 It's great to see this sort of feature in AIM! One major request: For invitations, could there be an option for the blast group to be self-invite? I can imagine wanting some to be completely open and others to require a group member to approve, but anything that allows people to join themselves would be great. (It would be a lot easier to put the group's name on a board in the lunch room for people to sign up for than to try having everybody contact me and ask to add them) Sadly, my client seems to want to send messages to "\[groupname\]" instead of just "[groupname]" but hopefully they'll fix that. Keep up the great work! It’s great to see this sort of feature in AIM!

One major request: For invitations, could there be an option for the blast group to be self-invite? I can imagine wanting some to be completely open and others to require a group member to approve, but anything that allows people to join themselves would be great.
(It would be a lot easier to put the group’s name on a board in the lunch room for people to sign up for than to try having everybody contact me and ask to add them)

Sadly, my client seems to want to send messages to “\[groupname\]” instead of just “[groupname]” but hopefully they’ll fix that.

Keep up the great work!

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