Topic

Nudging inactive fellows

So, sometimes there are some inactive fellows. Maybe they get busy, RL happens lol. 

I've suggested this:

We should be able to nudge people on our contact's list. At the end of every 3 months, they receive an email.  That email tells them everyone who nudged them within those three months and would somewhat encourage the person to get in the game, or leave a status update about what's going on, what plans they have in mind, etc.

The email would have an unsubscribe button, of course, if receiving emails every 3 months gets depressing. But there will be a note by the unsubscribe option that the next email would come around in 3 months.

One of my friend's last statuses was "Hurricane!!" I don't know what happened ever since.

Sometimes you lose someone from the last reset, etc. Maybe you cannot get the person back, but you can at least get some sort of answer (hopefully).

(There would be some condition to where someone is considered inactive, etc)

Any thoughts or suggestions? Shoot them down below.

Posted 10 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I really like this idea :)

    Eta: I wouldn't mind the ability to choose to get an email notification when I receive mail in-game. Maybe this could be triggered when there was unopened mail in my mailbox for more than a week, with an email telling me who has sent me the mail. I think that this would be just as email-worthy, if not more so, than knowing that some random person I've never heard of has added me as a friend.
    Posted 10 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That sounds cool. Thanks! 
    Posted 10 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 10 months ago by Moehr Ossum Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 10 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 10 months ago by babi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +2
    Posted 10 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +3
    Maybe more often, like the first one three months after their last game visit or last forum or group activity, and every 1month after that.
    Posted 10 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sounds good.
    Posted 10 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 :)
    Posted 10 months ago by Millie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 Great idea. It's always sad to lose touch with people when my only point of contact with them is through a game, and we haven't become close enough friends to exchange email addresses yet.
    Posted 10 months ago by Meridian Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Love this idea!
    Posted 10 months ago by ShyK Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 10 months ago by Sweet Stuff Ng Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like the concept.

    My only misgiving is the idea of automation. I am of the opinion that it should be like the "Nudge" option on a sent invite. We can send a nudge after a set time has expired in between nudges and it has to be manually done, otherwise I'd feel like I'm sending spam.
    Posted 10 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If someone was constantly nudged for one year, they should expect 4 emails. The nudges by diff people would add up every 3 months. Although I like what you are saying. I guess it could say the amount of nudges you've done at the end  lol.
    Posted 10 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nudges could be communal - so the names of users get added to a list which, at the end of three months, gets formatted into an email and sent off. You'd get one email with a list of everyone who'd nudged you (and possibly how many times!)

    Max 4 emails a year...
    Posted 10 months ago by Moehr Ossum Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to nudges and to katlazam's idea of having email notifications for in-game mail. If not email notification, some sort of notification on my homepage would be nice, at least!
    Posted 10 months ago by Xacau Feera Blin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, what Moehr Ossum just said. Thanks. 
    Posted 10 months ago by Juju Boss Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oh yay Moehr.. a Communal Nudge !!
    Like you guys said, I wouldn't want to spam someone and have a positive "we miss you" turn into a negative.
    If we play this game for a loooong time then I'm sure there will be times when we take breaks for whatever reasons. Maybe we could have something on our profile that we could turn on that says "I'll Be Back"
    Posted 10 months ago by Ooola Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like that too
    Posted 10 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • even better would be private messages and an option to receive private messages in your email.

    then it would be as simple as sending a heartfelt message rather than use an impersonal nudge system.
    Posted 10 months ago by Mr. Dawgg Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That sounds like a great idea. But I think that there will be a limit just in case someone's out to spam... 
    Maybe private messages can only be sent by those who have been a contact of one another for a certain period of time (if it is not mutual). And if mutual, then you can send it right away since the person added you before going afk.  
    Posted 10 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bump. =D
    Posted 9 months ago by Rook Subscriber! | Permalink