InSide Design: Move topics to a new category without spamming users

Did you encounter this dilemma: I would like to restructure my community by relocating topics, but how should I do it without spamming my community members?





This problem has been noticed through feedback from:

1. A question from @Drew C.: Is there a way to prevent email notifications from being sent?
   
   
2. An idea by @LPortalupi
   
   
3. Support request(s) to disable email notification temporarily
   
   

We are looking into solutions to help you manage your platform better.





User Goal


As a community moderator, in order to keep my community organised without spamming my community members, I want to be able to move topics to another category without sending 'new topic' notification to subscribed users.





Solution


In 'Forum / Overview', you can select multiple topics and choose 'Move to forum' in 'More' dropdown. In the pop-up, when notification option is unselected, email notification will be muted for this bulk action.

Similar in 'Moderate topic' page, you can click 'Change' button next to category. In the same pop-up, you can choose a category to move this topic to. And when notification option is unselected, email notification will be muted for this action.

Please drop a message if you are interested in this concept and let us know your thoughts.