Is the "whisper to" function basically just a cc function to direct another person to the thread? And is that based solely on NW user names or can you put an email address and have it go to non-newwinnipeg people?
Yeah, this is where it gets interesting. The "whisper" function is only to others with accounts on the NW community. You can whisper in the middle of a thread or you can whisper someone directly. Look on the right side bar, under the huge ad, for "Discussion Filters". There you can view your whispers.
For example, I will whisper something to both you two and only you two and I will be able to see the whisper.
The 'whisper' thing is weak, in my opinion, without having some proper 'hey!' notification.
I found it surprising how many people didn't even acknowledge the private message function on the last forum for quite a long time (over a year?!).
My opinion is that if people are communicating on an individual basis with others here, it should be made urgent. For legal reasons, I'm against having private messaging via email. But when you visit the website, it should be apparent that the 'hey!' message gets to you quickly and with little hassle.
I really don't understand the whole 'whisper in the middle of a discussion' thing. The function assumes that no one sleeps and everyone is constantly on every thread at every moment (with every hand).
I'm all about "usability", and I'm curious what you all think about how private messaging should work; what would make communicating better?
When you start a new discussion as a whisper, the entire discussion is only visible to to the receiver. Death128 "private messaged" me with this info. When I clicked on the discussions page, among the discussions was a bright yellow/orange Private Message sign.
I kind of like the whisper in the middle of the discussion. It could potentially be used to keep discussions on topic. You can edit a previous post and privatize it, so that people don't have to wade through tangential conversation.
[quote][cite] puravida:[/cite]I kind of like the whisper in the middle of the discussion. It could potentially be used to keep discussions on topic. You can edit a previous post and privatize it, so that people don't have to wade through tangential conversation.[/quote]
Good point. Mods could warn people, without interupting the flow.
[quote][cite] puravida:[/cite]I kind of like the whisper in the middle of the discussion. It could potentially be used to keep discussions on topic. You can edit a previous post and privatize it, so that people don't have to wade through tangential conversation.[/quote]
Good God, what would this place be without the beloved tangents? Oh, right, on topic.