Right now the messages says something like “XX users will have this setting changed” after confirming that we want the change to be retroactive.
That, in my opinion, is misleading.
What should be clarified is how the change actually affect the users and why those XX users are affected.
Based on the comment here, something like this would be more effective:
“XX Users will be affected because they didn’t explicitly select a frequency in their email notifications. Please be aware that users that explicitly selected a frequency will not have their setting changed.”
I must reiterate that having a way to allow only “important” emails would be greatly appreciated and with important email I would suggest something like:
- Account status changes (ban, suspension, promotion to moderation, etc)
- Password recovery / Email change
Or otherwise, anything that is not topic/reply email notification really.
In big communities that are not coming from a company, the cost of a premium plan for email providers is going to be a burden and email should be reserved for actual important communications.