When I visited the SMUG Facebook group this evening, I saw a message that gave me pause (click to enlarge):
From the language of the alert (and what I found when I read more), it appeared that the archiving function would migrate the posts on the wall into the new group format, but that everyone would be kicked out of the group and would need to be added again.
In other words, ALL OF THE SMUGGLES WOULD BE EXPELLED!
I couldn’t let that happen, so I went for the upgrade. One thing I saw immediately was that there was a LOT more activity. Here’s a screenshot of what happened in the next 26 minutes:
With, on average, one comment every two minutes, this certainly was an upgrade in terms of activity and engagement. Clearly that’s because of the change in email notifications, as evidenced by my Inbox:
We all do have the ability to control our level of email notices, as you wee when you click the Settings button for the group:
So, this will be an interesting experiment to see how a group with more than 1,200 members works in the new format.
What do you think of the new SMUG group? Are you going to adjust your email notification settings? If so, how?