BYC Members VOTE! Default Private Message Feature: Save Sent?

Do you want your Private Messages Saved Automatically?

  • YES! Change the default to save all my sent PM's

    Votes: 1 100.0%
  • NO! Leave it the way it is (default not to save PM's)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    1

Nifty-Chicken

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--------UPDATE-------
The members have spoken and the change has been made. See here !
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We see a lot of peeps who wonder why their PM's aren't saved. We also hear from members that say they wish their PM's check box next to "save" was default checked instead of default unchecked.

We can make the change that by default all PM's are saved, but that would mean peep's PM boxes would fill up faster. So, we decided to leave it up to a vote for our members to decide!

If we change the default to "Save" then you'll need to remember to uncheck the box if you don't want to save the PM. Remember, your PM boxes will fill up about twice as fast.

So, please vote in the poll and let us know what you want us to do!
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After two years I guess I'm used to just saving the ones I want. Yes, there have been a few I've regretted not saving that I didn't remember to save, but previous to Platinum, my message storage would have filled up right away if saving were the default.
 
Like Mahonri, I am used to saving now. If I do a cleanout I save the real treasures to a Word document. Very rarely do I need or want to save one for more than 2 weeks.

I think a bigger improvement would be an "auto-quote" function. I frequently send a PM on one day and don't get a response for another 2-3 days. By then I have forgotten what was sent. And if I save all Sent messages, the PMs fill up too fast.

What I'd LIKE to see is people reading the FAQs, found at the top of the Index page. That answers so many questions about the site and chicken tending!
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So, I guess I am a No vote. But I relearn quickly, no big deal.


ETA, boy am I outvoted!
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Voted YES! It's just easier to clean out my PM's every once and a while, rather than having to remember every time to save them when sending. (I'm not getting any younger, you know!
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Well, it's a great way to get people to upgrade their memberships from free blue to paying for GFM or Platinum, so they have more PM storage space.

Mine got out of control a few times, so I clean it out darn near daily now! (Can't same the same for my regular email, it's a mess!)
 
Maybe it's more complicated than this but could it be set up as a profile option that we could check or uncheck what we want it to default to? That way everyone would be happy... if that's possible.
 

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