Feature #361
closedChange Wording of Options on Friend Request Responses
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Description
I received a note from a member who felt bad clicking "Reject" in response to a Friend Request. The member asked whether the option might be changed to "Decline," which is perhaps a more gentlemanly demurral.
I think we can consider that, but one thing I mentioned to the member is that I'm not sure that the rejectee in the above scenario actually receives a notification of the event ("Your friendship request has been rejected by user X").
I just tested this out with the Test Student account, and it appeared to me that no message was sent.
So, two questions: is it worth changing the language? (my vote: no, but let's consider it within the overall scope of the Dev Roadmap) . .. .and Should we add a mouseover help notation saying that members won't be notified when friendship requests are rejected? (my vote: yes.)
cc'ing the community team on this + Chris S. for feedback.
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Updated by Brian Foote over 13 years ago
My two cents - I never really thought about it but "Reject" is kind of harsh. If it's something that would take a couple of minutes to change I don't see the harm in being gentlemen/women/persons and switching to "Decline" but if it's a big project then forget it. Either way I do think a mouse over notice is probably a good idea just to ease minds.
Updated by Chris Stein over 13 years ago
I agree that eventually it might be nice to change it to 'Decline' I know we don't like the comparisons to Facebook but they have also opted for less agressive words, it's just "Not Now" Also the mouseover is a good idea and something that would add reassurance.
I don't think it's a top priority but something to put on the roadmap.
Updated by Matt Gold over 13 years ago
Chris, what is the best way to build up a list of tooltips? Should we start making a list somewhere -- perhaps on a ticket here on Redmine? I'll get a ticket started.
Updated by Boone Gorges over 13 years ago
- Assignee changed from Boone Gorges to Chris Stein
- Target version set to 1.1
I find the gentlemanly demurral stuff to be lame, but I think that the change to Decline is harmless enough. Chris, would you mind making the change in the language file?
Updated by Chris Stein over 13 years ago
Fixed in https://github.com/castiron/cac/commit/5c383d981c522c4ec92ee2d59708f17e790301d5
I made the change from reject to decline across the language of the site (about 12 places in the po/mo file). In some quick tests it appears that while Matt is right that you don't get notified if someone declines a friend request you do get a notification if a group membership is declined.
Updated by Chris Stein over 13 years ago
- Status changed from Assigned to Reporter Feedback
Updated by Boone Gorges over 13 years ago
- Status changed from Reporter Feedback to Resolved
Awesome, thanks.
Updated by Matt Gold over 13 years ago
Thank you, Chris! We are now a much more polite community.