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Contacts: walkthrough about how the different settings work?
I am confused about how the contact process works and which contacts are "chi.mp" contacts or "overall" contacts or what.
So let's see if I understand :
- I import Bob & Alice from my Twitter friends
- Bob & Alice become "contacts" in my address book on notafish.mp
- That's where I lose track. :/
*Do Bob & Alice know I've added them as a contact on notafish.mp?
*Bob & Alice are listed as "public" by default, which I think might not be the best option (see other thread on the subject), but what does that mean exactly?
>>Can Bob and Alice, when they log in into their .mp domain, see my profile on the setting I have chosen for them?
>>Does it only mean that Bob & Alice appear on the list of my contacts when people visit notafish.mp?
I'm not sure I'm very clear :D, but then I am confused.
In short, what is the exact implication of importing contacts and setting public/private/professional etc.?
Thanks in advance!
So let's see if I understand :
- I import Bob & Alice from my Twitter friends
- Bob & Alice become "contacts" in my address book on notafish.mp
- That's where I lose track. :/
*Do Bob & Alice know I've added them as a contact on notafish.mp?
*Bob & Alice are listed as "public" by default, which I think might not be the best option (see other thread on the subject), but what does that mean exactly?
>>Can Bob and Alice, when they log in into their .mp domain, see my profile on the setting I have chosen for them?
>>Does it only mean that Bob & Alice appear on the list of my contacts when people visit notafish.mp?
I'm not sure I'm very clear :D, but then I am confused.
In short, what is the exact implication of importing contacts and setting public/private/professional etc.?
Thanks in advance!
I’m utterly puzzled
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Inappropriate?notafish:
When you import your contacts to your site they are only visible to you.
The only contacts that are visible to others on your public site are your .mp contacts that you would add by clicking add as contact link from the other .mp owners site. Then they will show up on your public site with their avatar, however they are not automatically visible, you have to go to the persona where you can either assign them or make them visible to your visitors.
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Inappropriate?OK, this makes sense. But what does the dropdown to assign a "hidden" (imported) contact to a persona do then?
I’m a little less puzzled.
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Inappropriate?That option will assign that contact to the Persona that you select. If they are a "hidden" contact (in this case) that just means that no one will be able to see their contact information from your site at all, just you.
Does this answer your question? Please keep up the great feedback :)
Aloha,
Laurel
I’m thankful
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Inappropriate?OK so basically, when I import Bob & Alice, they are hidden (just in my contact manager/address book/whatever). At this stage, assigning them to a persona is irrelevant, if they don't have a chi.mp account. Right?
Which prompts the remark:
Maybe contacts imported from other networks should be assigned to a fake "persona" such as "pending" or "hidden" or "imported" or "hiho" or whatever, so that contact management is easier afterwards. Only when I merge a "hidden/imported" contact with a .mp contact will I then have to choose which persona they're allowed to see.
I think assigning them to "public" by default is kind of weird, because it gives the false impression that when I change that dropdown, something will change for them. But that's not the case, since they won't be able to see my other personas unless they're logged in (or I haven't understood anything and must go back to school).
I’m getting there.
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Inappropriate?You are correct. Unless your friends already have an OpenID account (any OpenID account, it doesn't need to be a chi.mp account) to see the Persona that you assign to them, they will automatically be directed to your public Persona.
We are working on improving contact management, but I suggest if you are importing contacts from a service i.e. facebook and you want to assign those friends to a "hiho" Persona that you develop that Persona and assign them to it now. That way, when they do catch up by getting an OpenID (or when we open beta so that they can sign up to get an OpenID and their own chi.mp account) you will have less work to do when it comes to assigning them to a Persona.
We have a lot of work to do on contact management, and we will take all of your suggestions into account while we develop the system, so please keep up the great feedback. As a beta tester your thoughts are extremely valuable.
Aloha,
Laurel
I’m grateful for your feedback.
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this answers the question
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Inappropriate?OK, thanx :) It actually makes more sense to assign the contacts by default to the "public" persona then.
Let me recapitulate what I think would be a good contact flow:
- Import contacts from other services
- Explain that those contacts are not visible to anyone, and can only see the public persona until they're logged in (and if they have been assigned another persona).
- contacts are assigned to the "public" persona and at least tagged with an "imported" tag so they're easily found
- when one adds a .mp contact, some kind of a message that prompts for a merge.
I think that covers it.
I’m relieved that I finally got it
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