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Allowing Members to Opt-Out of Automatic Opt-In for New Projects
Since the launch of the Rice project, there has been a great deal of debate about the merits of our policy of automatically opting members into new research projects when they are released.

After consideration, we have decided that prior to the next research project being launched, we will provide members the ability to choose whether they will automatically be opted into new projects or not. This option will be available from the My Grid -> My Projects page (which is then applied to each BOINC profile when it is saved) as well as on each BOINC profile (for those who want to customize the behavior for each profile individually).

This means that on the My Projects page and for each BOINC profile, members will be able select the following:
  • Which projects you want to contribute to
  • If no work is available from your selected project, then whether you want us to send you work from a different project
  • If you want to be automatically signed up for new research projects
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Since the launch of the Rice project, there has been a great deal of debate about the merits of our policy of automatically opting members into new research projects when they are released.

After consideration, we have decided that prior to the next research project being launched, we will provide members the ability to choose whether they will automatically be opted into new projects or not. This option will be available from the My Grid -> My Projects page (which is then applied to each BOINC profile when it is saved) as well as on each BOINC profile (for those who want to customize the behavior for each profile individually).

This means that on the My Projects page and for each BOINC profile, members will be able select the following:
  • Which projects you want to contribute to
  • If no work is available from your selected project, then whether you want us to send you work from a different project
  • If you want to be automatically signed up for new research projects


At the risk of being the first one to reply - great.... and thanks !
Hopefully this will allow all WCG contributors to enjoy a more harmonious crunching experience !

Regards,
Sean smile
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Re: Allowing Members to Opt-Out of Automatic Opt-In for New Projects
Since the launch of the Rice project, there has been a great deal of debate about the merits of our policy of automatically opting members into new research projects when they are released.

After consideration, we have decided that prior to the next research project being launched, we will provide members the ability to choose whether they will automatically be opted into new projects or not. This option will be available from the My Grid -> My Projects page (which is then applied to each BOINC profile when it is saved) as well as on each BOINC profile (for those who want to customize the behavior for each profile individually).

This means that on the My Projects page and for each BOINC profile, members will be able select the following:
  • Which projects you want to contribute to
  • If no work is available from your selected project, then whether you want us to send you work from a different project
  • If you want to be automatically signed up for new research projects

Thank you.
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Re: Allowing Members to Opt-Out of Automatic Opt-In for New Projects
... a good decision.

Thank you from here as well.
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Re: Allowing Members to Opt-Out of Automatic Opt-In for New Projects
Thanks. I think this is huge. smile
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Re: Allowing Members to Opt-Out of Automatic Opt-In for New Projects
Well done WCG I believe this was an issue at UD a while back too and was met with the same uproar.
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Re: Allowing Members to Opt-Out of Automatic Opt-In for New Projects
Progress indeed.
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Re: Allowing Members to Opt-Out of Automatic Opt-In for New Projects
Good idea, thank you very much.
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Re: Allowing Members to Opt-Out of Automatic Opt-In for New Projects
Of course people are going to yell at you for whatever you set the default value to.
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Re: Allowing Members to Opt-Out of Automatic Opt-In for New Projects
Of course people are going to yell at you for whatever you set the default value to.
It would seem that the values will be set by the account holder and that no changes will be made except by that person once set so as I said this is big.
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