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TL;DR is at the bottom, due to the length.
These two really do go hand in hand if you think about it. You know, with the constant private message solicitors, and their uncanny ability to not stay in The Classifieds. Then there's those groups that look like they could be pretty decent. The ones that after you leave you have a black eye, two missing front teeth, a plastic leg, and two 40's super glued to your hands. Yea, those groups.
What if we could not only turn down the volume by allowing you to get messages less, but, what if we could also turn up the volume on the awesomeness factos? Giving groups a great amount of support, and tools to make that first "activity hurdle" almost a breeze. There's a few ideas that I have that could, potentially, make a group so easy to run, that a caveman could do it.
Group Invitation System - TL;DR
This is an idea of mine that I've been developing in my head for a little under a year now. I posted a thread months ago about this main idea, but I have changed and reworked a few things.
What if, we could improve both the groups and the invitees relationship? What if we could give them the essential tools for recruiting, while also protecting ourselves from spam? What if we could get groups to focus more on being a group, rather than advertising that they are one? What if being a group leader wasn't so daunting and bloody frustrating?
Groups would flourish.
Picture this, you're on the wrong end of an advertising nightmare. You log on to see 5-6 messages from the same group a day. Which inevitably, you block the users that are inviting you. Which is sad, but true; then what happens? The group is left to die a slow and miserable death; all because the recruiters got carried away in hopes of getting their group off the ground.
Now, what do I have in mind to make this so much more bearable? A group based recruitment system. The way it would work is rather simple; you have a box, you put a name in it, and you're done. Pretty simple, right? If only it were...if only it were.
Now, the ball buster to this idea is that everyone's profile would have a "Invite to Group" button. Which is honestly, the only way this idea could logically work. I can understand what you're probably thinking, but bear with me.
When this button is pressed they will be taken to a sub-menu under the other users profile. This would allow the user that's sending the invite to put their User Name, Group Name (selected by drop down only showing the groups that allow them to recruit VIA Security Roles), and a brief summary of what the group is about. They press submit, and it's off to the darkest corners of the servers.
The Soul, or some other server entity, perhaps on the brighter side of the spectrum, would send the invite to the invitee. Contained would be the information the other user had put in, in hopes of gaining a new recruit; along with a link to the group page for further convenience.
Then, along the bottom they'd have a few choices; much like Reply, Block, and Cancel are now. Instead though, the buttons would read Accept, Ignore, or Block. The Accept button would take your right to the Join Group page. The Ignore button would delete the message but allow you to get another message from the group after six months, should they have caught you in a bad mood.
Then, the Block button, this is what really makes this idea, in my opinion. Pressing this button would put you as a "Blacklist" recipient on that groups Invite list. Meaning? You'll never get an invite from them, ever again. Sounds pretty shin-diggity sweet, doesn't it? But wait, it gets even better, now hopping back over to the groups perspective.
As soon as a user receives an invite, they are added to an invite list viewable in the group. It would only be viewable to those with the right security roles; it would show who sent the Invite, who received the invite, and an invites status starting as Pending, this would mean that the invitee either hasn't opened it yet, or they're thinking about it. Another status would say Accepted if the invitee accepted the invitation; while another would say Ignored if the invitee ignored, and Blocked if the invitee decided to be added to the Group "Blacklist".
An Accepted invitee would be removed from the list in one week, just for references for groups. If they decide to leave the group within that week, they are added to the Group "Blacklist". An Ignored invitee would be removed from the list in 3 days, not to be seen or heard from again for six months, when the same group can send out a second, third, or even fourth invite (depending on how many times they've ignored the invite). The Blocked invitee that would rather be shot than to hear from this group again, would be long gone. They would never receive an invite ever again, and they could only join the group VIA free will.
Wow, didn't expect it to be that big...okay, let's fly through the next few ideas, shall we?
Various Other Ideas - TL;DR
Sort Users: Having a sort users list would be awesome, allowing us to sort members of a group by Title, Username, or even Join Date.
Group Search: I would honestly, just love to search my groups, better yet, a specific group.
Mass Group Message: This would use the same methods as the invite method shown above; it would use a server entity to complete, likely the same entity that would send out invites. This would allow group leaders and other members with the required security roles to send a mass group message; allowing them to also send a message to specific titles.
Send News to Members: This feature would be rather simple; any time a new article is posted, the person posting could mark "Send to Members" and everyone in the group would get the news as a message.
Customization: Bungie's games are all about it, why can't we make our own personalized piece of Bnet? Allow us to give moderators, admins, news guys, recruiters, members, and other various group roles their own special text color? Established by the admin and only changeable with Full Control, this could push their website to new boundaries. Does it do anything beneficial? No, but it would be freaking sweet.
Pictures: Yea, I'll be honest, I haven't really thought this one through, but I do think it would be pretty interesting to have. Give a security role inside the group to allow pictures to be posted, no GIF's, but just straight up still pictures.
Not only would we finally hear the end of "Let us post pictures!", but we would also be able to keep the public forums clean and fancy.
FIN
I'm sorry this is so bloody long, I didn't mean for it to be and I've tried to shrink it down multiple times. Anywho, if you've stuck it out with me here, I appreciate you taking the time to read through my ideas. Any criticism, lolrokitz, or support you have would be greatly appreciated. To recap:
TL;DR
Having a group inviting system that would not only make it easier to send out invites, but also allow you to not have to worry about them. Actually, here's a question, how would you like to receive less invites? A crazy idea, yes, but it's so crazy it might be possible with my main idea:
Group Invitation System
Various Other Ideas
Not only can we stop the invites from being so ungodly annoying, but we can also give groups the kick start they deserve.