Mass PM Announcements

[Katrina]

I've noticed on some forums I visit that mass PMs for announcements is being used. I get all excited thinking I have a PM and it's just a notice 🙁

Do you utilize this method? How do you feel as a user of sites that use it?

 

[Gizmo]

I think I send too many 😱

 

[Katrina]

I think I send too many 😱

I guess I did get about 7 in between logins on your site.

 

[Mike30]

I am ok to receive PMs once in a while from the site(s) 🙂 ~make it entertaining 😁

 

[Page]

I don't - They can read the damn THREAD instead

 

[zappaDPJ]

I don't - They can read the damn THREAD instead

That's what I do, post a notice or a thread. I don't think I've ever sent a mass pm (or dm as Xenforo has it now - got to keep up with the times).

 

[Nomad]

Frankly speaking, I do not like receiving announcements through PM. Therefore, I do not use this feature on my forums. I like creating an announcement topic.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

My personal preference has always been to make a thread and not to spam personal inboxes or notification lists with it. Though I might use the option once in a blue moon, like the mass email option, if I felt a certain announcement needed extra attention, even if it meant sending out a mass ping through the notification list or via a PM.

 

[Page]

one of the sites that I'm on always does mass PMs and I have like 30 unread inboxes LOL - I think it's overkill

 

[apathy]

Dont think Ive ever used PMs for announcements, a thread in the appropriate board works fine

 

[Shortie_]

I don't mind the use of the mass PM feature on forums if it is used properly and not used just because they can for everything.

I have in the past used the mass PM feature but I only tend to use it if it is something I want everyone to know.

I find using the announcement option that shows at the top of forums which can be dismissed to be a better option than spamming members with PMs.