# Rebuilding User Preferences

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuilding-user-preferences/61675>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** feedback\
**Created:** [April 26, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuilding-user-preferences/61675 "2017-04-26T20:53:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuilding-user-preferences/61675/19 "2017-05-04T06:59:31Z")

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Looks great 👍

Given that we’re no longer bombarding members with long lists of preferences, please take the opportunity to add occasional explanatory text under any options that aren’t obvious.

“Mailing List Mode” - for example - the grey text underneath it explains that it “overrides the activity summary,” but doesn’t actually explain what “Mailing List Mode” is, in practice. [_edit: I see @codinghorror also mentions this specific point_]

Even as an admin and long-time Discourse user, I’m a bit unclear on the exact implications of some of our settings.

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