Re: github workflow

The downside is that if someone is explicitly @ mentioned in the thread,
even if they have unsubscribed or are not watching, they will be
resubscribed to that thread automatically, so please keep that in mind.
On Dec 3, 2015 3:51 AM, "Ben" <ben@thatmustbe.me> wrote:

> Woops, sorry, didn't mean to send that, was just gathering links.
>
> Those links let you turn off "Automatic Watching" which is the
> "opt-in" you have set for all github.  I don't think this can be set
> per org.
>
> Also, you can unfollow whole repositories, no need to use a spam filter.
>
> What part are you objecting to?
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Ben <ben@thatmustbe.me> wrote:
> > https://github.com/settings/notifications
> > https://github.com/watching
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Melvin Carvalho
> > <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I've had about 100 or so unsolicited emails from a github repository
> >> associated with this group.
> >>
> >> I've tried unsubsribing, unwatching and leaving all associated groups
> but I
> >> still get emails.
> >>
> >> Im a big github user, probably the most active in this group.  But, I
> have
> >> found this workflow to be super unproductive, both participating
> actively
> >> and passively.
> >>
> >> My final attempt is to put a spam filter on as many of the mails as I
> can.
> >>
> >> I have also reviewed:
> >>
> >> https://www.w3.org/wiki/Socialwg/github
> >>
> >> If people want to work in this way, and find it productive, that's
> great.
> >> But please let it be opt-in.
> >>
> >> Please could also the w3c part be removed from the name as, as far as I
> >> understand it, it's not part of the official w3c process, or affiliated
> with
> >> the w3c, and it may give the wrong impression.  Consider this an
> official
> >> objection!
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
>
>