Link : CCK08: Power and Auto-Subscribe (the connectivism forums, week 08).
In week 08, Stephen decided to exert his power over the masses of people involved in the massive OOC known as connectivism 08. Through the flick of a switch, he drew many back into public conversation.
People who know the forum software called “Moodle”, will know that you can “force” your enrolled students to receive copies forum posts via email. Stephen flicked this switch, and hundreds of people around the world started to experience Inbox Pressure from all the messages. (ironically many of the messages were complaining about the inbox pressure, while adding to it
That’s exactly the approach I use in my Moodle-delivered courses. Auto-subscribe to Latest News, leave Profile setting as auto-subscribe when they post, then feature prominent instructions on how to turn off the latter in the FAQ.