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Adrian Hyde
Steel Contributor
Aug 31, 2016

Announcements - How do I see them in this new network?

Mark-Kashman recently posted a huge announcement for SharePoint & Groups.  Thankfully he posted on Yammer since that jumped right out at me - he included the link for the announcement on this new net...
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Adrian Hyde
Steel Contributor
Sep 01, 2016
Thanks Darrell - So in this case SharePoint is the Community and video (for example) is one of the Spaces? This unfortunately does not get me what I want. In Yammer I can join the SharePoint or Video group, but I don't want to get emails for every discussion. But when Mark makes an announcement, I do get an email and in Yammer I get a visual indication there is something to go look at. On the topic of visual indications, it took me 8 frustrating minutes just to find this thread again to respond to you. I am not seeing anything on this site that says someone responded to me etc. Is there a way to do that here? I don't want to have to go back to Outlook every time I want to find a discussion I am interested in.
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    darrellaas
    MVP
    Sep 01, 2016

    Yes, it is a big change from the Yammer announcements feature we all benefitted from. So far I see the options are 

    1. Subscribe to a Space and get notification of all conversations. Much like belonging to a distribution list. 
    2. Reply to or subscribe to a conversation and get all responses to that conversation. 

    It isn't clear to me yet whether being a member of a Space without subscribing to updates, will mean I can still receive announcements in a space. 

    MichaelHolste, Lana O'Brien AnnaChu- might you have something to add here?

    • MichaelHolste's avatar
      MichaelHolste
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      Sep 01, 2016

      Hey Darrell, I missed one of your questions. You can subscribe to a space, but 'membership' only exists at the Community Level (one level up). 

       

      -Mike 

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      MichaelHolste
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      Sep 01, 2016

      Hey Darrell and Adrian, 

       

      Right now we are revamping how these work. You can subscribe to the Community and/or any of the spaces within. In regards to visual notifiers, you will receive a notification on your avatar (similar to Facebook) in the top right that you can click. Choosing 'notifications' will give you list of activity where you were mentioned, responded to, if people liked your content, etc. 

       

      This notification alert should be ready by tomorrow. 

      • Adrian Hyde's avatar
        Adrian Hyde
        Steel Contributor
        Sep 06, 2016

        Mike - what are your thoughts on the Yammer model where I don't subscribe to be notified about every conversation, but I still get announcement notifications for that group?

        Is that a feature planned to be delivered here?