Re: github workflow

That's the "Participating" section of the notification settings.

And it's much better than an email list where you get no such controls.
On Dec 3, 2015 8:33 AM, "James M Snell" <jasnell@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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!
>>
>>