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2) By default, you now see only messages from your own contacts — DONE!

As many of you know, we made a pledge earlier in the week to reduce undesired messages and emails on MyBlogLog.  We're not attacking that six point plan in order, but we are busy trying to knock them out asap.  And we've just completed one of the tasks.

All users now default to only seeing messages from contacts they have made in MyBlogLog.  This means that when you log into your account, you may see significantly fewer messages than the last time you were last there.  Don't worry, they haven't been deleted, just hidden.  There's a button at the top of your message list that toggles between showing messages from your contacts and messages from everyone.

This has several implications on the site:

1) We're switching back on email notifications for when someone leaves you a message, BUT...
2) When set to "Contacts only" you will only receive email notification when a contact leaves you a message (assuming you have email notifications turned on in your profile).
3) When someone is viewing your profile, they will only see public messages posted by you and your contacts
4) You will always see your own posts when viewing someone else's profile, even if you aren't their contact.  (We messed this one up initially, so sorry if you weren't sure if you'd successfully left a message).

Plenty of other cool stuff on the way, but this should help tremendously.

UPDATE: Roland asked how users will know that non-contacts have left them a message.  Here's the scoop:

If the user has his messages set to "Show messages from everyone" he will see your message automatically. 

If the user has his messages set to "Show messages from contacts" then he will receive an alert at the top of the message list telling him that other people have left messages.