Make "Follow this channel" the default setting.
Usual Microsoft lack of UI intuition.
Channels should be followed by default with the user unfollowing it if they wish.
Derek
shared this idea
Thank you for the feedback. Changing the default setting is under review by the feature team, and your feedback is very useful as they are evaluating.
443 comments
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Rudi Coetzee
commented
Hi guys, can this receive a higher priority? Users cannot switch on what they don't know of. For example, we would like to move from Telegram, where this functionality exists (i.e. the user gets notified as a default and has to switch off notifications).
We cannot move, as the administrative headache of managing notifications for users and nagging them to switch it on in multiple locations across multiple countries, will bee too cumbersome.
Surely an IT Policy has to be at play here?
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Timmothy Frink
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Isn't this covered by checking the "Show to all members" option on channel creation?
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ANNE KELLEY
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Is there a status on this? Is there an option for a Powershell script to do this?
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Josh
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Users are far more likely to "Turn Off" Notifications for Channels they dont need to hear from than they are to "Turn On" notification to a channel they don't know activity is happening in (because they get no notifications)
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Josh
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this is a great feature. Under Review for a year though?
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Anonymous
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Still reviewing this?
It got Under Review over a year ago? How long you need to check it out for? -
Dominic Erni
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Let the creator of a channel set the default setting of the notification of the created channel.
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Steve
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Adoption is much harder when the end users need to be told to switch on notification settings for every channel. Need to simplify this process when migrating over from different platforms.
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Anonymous
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This needs adding urgently. How do I get adoption of Teams across my company if the initial set up is not right and don't get a notification about a new message/post?
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Anonymous
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At the very least, admins creating the channel or adding new team members should be able to control whether the channel is "Opt-in" or "Opt-out" for following
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Anonymous
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This was suggested 4 years ago and it’s still “under review?” Seems ridiculous for a very simple and intuitive change.
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Anonymous
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Any update on this? We have team members missing messages because of this.
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Anonymous
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It's confusing because notification settings seem to conflict with the concept of showing/hiding channels.
I like that they are off on new channels by default. If there is too much noise, my users will just leave rather than fussing with notification settings, which I don't want. @channel and @team works fine once you get it. Then it is a conscious decision to sen a notification to all.
What I don't like is not knowing who is and who isn't getting notifications. That's where the gap for owners lies in my opinion.
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Ben Ferguson
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Totally disagree with this suggestion. I'd really prefer it if users weren't press-ganged into channels. "Opt-in" should always be the default, not "Opt-out".
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James
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James
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Allan
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Need to be defalult, if not a lot of people miss a lot of important info...
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Carl
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We have a companywide Team with some channels like HR, Fleet, IT, ... Now people are missing messages because their notifications are not setup the right way. Really would like to avoid to go back to sending emails instead
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Orwa Badran
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+1
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Kat Whiteley
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Would be great if Admins could specify that certain channels *must* have notifications turned on, AND that the channel *not* be hidden.
We have specific teams/channels that are used for communication to the whole org -- and want to ensure that those specific channels are always visible and notifications of postings are delivered.