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Jack M

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  1. I disagree. If you only have notifications setup for responses to your own posts, and private messages, it's quite reasonable. Less intrusive than Facebook notifications.
  2. +1000. I have a community for enthusiasts of a specific sport. My community competes for participation and attention against a Facebook group for the same sport. The Facebook group is crushing my community for daily interactions and up-to-the-minute breaking news type posts. I think this is due to 2 big things, among others: 1, people are on FB all the time anyway, 2, PUSH NOTIFICATIONS. Just to level-set, a push notification is one that shows up on your phone or desktop if you allow it, regardless of whether you're currently using that app. Existing IPS notifications are great, but the user only sees them once they browse to the site. Email notifications are not a solution and should be minimized for obvious reasons. Tapatalk is one solution, but IMO it is a non-starter because the look and feel is nowhere as good as the mobile version of IPS, and to get your own branding and ads on Tapatalk you have to pay. I already pay $70/mo for IPS, that's enough. Tapatalk is its own ecosystem and they are very much in control of the user experience. The only things saving my community from being obsoleted by the Facebook group is the sheer fact that a forum is a much better archive of information, and is a more dedicated environment. The searching and organization cannot be matched by Facebook. A FB group flows by like a river, and topics are gone and forgotten within a day or so. There is also no way to monetize a FB group. My community sells subscriptions which pays for the hosting and the rest we donate to charitable organizations in our sport. A huge reason FB wins is that dopamine rush from receiving push notifications. If IPS would provide a push notifications solution, there would be no need for a half-baked 3rd party solution, and it would dramatically improve our forums' ability to compete with Facebook.
  3. Any word on this? I need this. Old pictures are driving up my forum size and cost.
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