Option to receive DMs from anyone

Option to receive DMs from anyone

Submitted by BUGabundo on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 21:03
Issue ID:1585
Issue Category:feature
Component:core
Priority:major
Status:active
Assigned:evan
Milestone:0.9

We already have an option to receive replies from users we are not subscribed to:
"Send me replies through Jabber/GTalk from people I'm not subscribed to."

But we lack the same to DMs, which currently only allow from subscribed users.

Legacy Data

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Ticket ID: 
1585
Reported by: 
BUGabundo
Owner: 
evan
Status: 
assigned
Type: 
bug
Component: 
core
Priority: 
2
Version: 
undefined
Milestone: 
0.9

Updates

#1

Submitted by Craig Andrews on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 21:53.

I just spoke to Evan about this issue.

If we do this, spammers could DM you... and they would :-)

Hence, this idea has been rejected.

#2

Submitted by BUGabundo on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 04:14.

Replying to [comment:4 candrews]:
> If we do this, spammers could DM you... and they would :-)

spammers can dent to you, reply to you, email you, heck even call your home.
Are we going to limit a great way to allow valid users to contact each other just because of the risk of spam? if so lets end with email, and the all µblogging.
If there's a spammer the user can BLOCK him as anyone already does on public timeline, plus StatusNet servers admins should deal with this spammers in a timely way to prevent mass spamming (in any form , public or private).

Please reconsider re-opening this ticket and this implementation.

#3

Submitted by BUGabundo on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 17:04.

(10:00:29 PM) freenode: evanpro: erk, make an option
(10:00:39 PM) freenode: I *want* to get them from any one
(10:00:44 PM) evanpro: OK
(10:00:45 PM) freenode: should be that choice
(10:00:51 PM) evanpro: Fine
(10:00:56 PM) evanpro: I'll take a look

#4

Submitted by Craig Andrews on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 23:26.

I suppose the UI would change so that the "To" area would be a text box where you type a user name instead of the drop down list that's there now?

#5

Submitted by Craig Andrews on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 23:58.

http://gitorious.org/statusnet/mainline/merge_requests/1621

Awaiting Evan's approval to put into 0.9.x

#6

Submitted by Craig Andrews on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:46.

three-valued option
'mutual', 'subscribed', 'all'
Those can be constants
excellent.
'mutual' means 'only people who are mutually subscribed can message me'
I think that's the fairest -- don't send me a message I can't answer

#7

Submitted by Craig Andrews on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 22:49.

and the shipped default should be 'mutual'

#8

Submitted by BUGabundo on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 03:42.

Replying to [comment:10 candrews]:
> 'mutual', 'subscribed', 'all'

What does subscribed mean? me to other, or other to me, while they try to DM me?

#9

Submitted by 4insure on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 12:55.

[http://www.4insure.net/ Auto Insurance]

#10

Submitted by marjoleink on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 12:24.

previous comment is spam - please remove!

#11

Submitted by Brion Vibber on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 20:18.
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