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We're adding more features that will include email notifications, so I added a system to let members subscribe and unsubscribe from all the types of email we send. At the bottoms of messages, you'll now see a link that takes you to a page which will unsubscribe you from that type of mail, and present a link to quickly sign you up again if you clicked by mistake. You can manage all your subscriptions at once in your profile settings at https://oldergay.men/settings.

Doing this has been a two-week slog that uncovered a lot of tangential problems in the process. After I pushed the changes up to the site last night, a few things broke, most notably sending email notifications of new messages (though the messages themselves still went through on the site). I'm sorry for the rough sailing; I fixed everything today, and will keep patching as new leaks spring.

I'm glad to have this in place and to get back to the new features that will take advantage of it. Hope all your projects are...

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When you go to a video chat room now, you'll find a form that lets you say when you'll be visiting the room. You can see the list of all the chats guys have scheduled, and can add yourself to the list if the time is convenient and you'd like to join in. Hope this helps with guys passing each other in the night.

When you look at someone's profile now, you should see a "Video Chat" button that takes you to a room only the two of you can access. The other person can click "Video Chat" on your profile to reach the room, and there's also a form there you can use to send him a message giving the link and asking for a time to meet there. Please give it a try, and let me know how it goes. (And, of course, please be courteous with anyone who doesn't want to chat.)

Jeff

We've added a group video chat room to the site:

https://oldergay.men/chat

Please come give it a try, and let us know if you run into any problems with it. If no one else is there when you arrive, feel free to keep the chat open in a side window until someone comes along. I'll continue working on setting up individual, private chats between members.

Jeff

The initial test seemed to work well for everyone. I made a group chat that’s integrated into the site here:https://oldergay.men/chatGive it a try and let me know how it goes. I hope this will work ...

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Update:Several guys tested this today, and it seems to be working well for everyone. I may hang out in the room now and then, but don’t worry if I’m not there and the room is closed. I’ll start work...

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Happy Labor Day to our American friends. In my youth, this marked the end of Summer, but the kids in my neighborhood started school two weeks ago. (Saw lots of adorable "first day" photos being take...

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For the last month, some OlderGay.Men members have had trouble deleting their pictures and accounts. It started when I found a problem with how we linked photos to the people in them. While fixing that was an unqualified good, it exposed problems that needed much more digging, and which inconvenienced guys trying to "just delete the damned thing". If you're having trouble sleeping, the tedious details are here:

https://talk.oldergay.men/t/deletion-problems/275944

(If you haven't seen it, I've been cataloging my work on the site at https://talk.oldergay.men/c/site-updates/.)

I've kept at the problem while manually intervening for guys who reached out for help (including the one who found someone here (🥳) and wanted off the market). I think I've now restored everyone's autonomy to delete his own stuff, but, as ever, let us know if you run into any trouble.

Jeff

You with your face in an itty-bitty circle…If you've followed along, you saw that June saw a lot of bug fixing and optimization. There's still much to do, but what we're doing already is faster and ...

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I always plan to update all of you once a week, but then weeks and weeks go by when I don't think there's anything exciting enough to share.If you haven't dipped in, I've been chronicling the quotid...

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