It would be great if email notifications for each content type could be configurable separately. The reason for this is that different content has different actions associated with them, and the notification would both educate the user what they're supposed to do with the node, as well as drive more interaction with the site.

Here's some proposed email content for a 'generic' node:

Hi Lisa,
Donald Trump created the post “The Boston Food Truck Festival” in Grupal Droups’ Boston group on August 12, 2012:

http://droups.grupal.org/2012/august/boston-food-truck-festival
			
Come early, come hungry! The New England food truck festival scene is launching on Sunday, June 10th (new date!) with the Boston Food Truck Festival at the UMass Boston Campus Center. All festivals will take place from noon to 4 pm, with a special VIP Preview hour with a limited quantity of tickets from 11am - noon.

Over 50 trucks from all over New England will be participating on a rotating basis; some will be at all, others in select communities. Participating trucks include Roxy's Grilled Cheese, Bon Me, Staff Meal, Woodman's of Essex, and Kickass Cupcakes.

Add a comment at http://droups.grupal.org/somethingsomethingsomething#comment-form

Change email notifications at http://droups.grupal.org/settings

If this were an event with registration enabled on the site, wouldn't it be great if there was a call to action to 'join' the event?

Some of the other default content types (events, call for ideas, ideas and answers, polls, possibly others) could use some special handling too.

Call for ideas

Hi Lisa,
Grupal Droups’ New York City group organizer Harry Potter is looking for your ideas on “How should we spend excess budget?”
http://droups.grupal.org/2012/august/how-should-we-spend-excess-budget

We have some fine money to burn, rather, spend before the end of the year. Soko silver beet parsnip tomato groundnut jícama scallion burdock gram bitterleaf peanut celery melon. Broccoli courgette carrot kombu tigernut celtuce salad watercress zucchini bitterleaf spinach jícama chickweed tomato dandelion lettuce. Azuki bean nori quandong napa cabbage sea lettuce pumpkin?

Add your idea at http://droups.grupal.org/somethingsomethingsomething

Change email notifications at http://droups.grupal.org/settings

Answers

Hi Lisa,
Harry Potter just answered "Red Bones” on “5 day eating adventure; where should I go?”. Vote on this answer:

http://droups.grupal.org/2012/august/answer/red-bones

Veggies sunt bona vobis, proinde vos postulo esse magis summer purslane fennel beet greens azuki bean chicory swiss chard parsnip.

Add your own answer: http://droups.grupal.org/somethingsomethingsomething#comment-form

Change email notifications at http://droups.grupal.org/settings

The email for Ideas would also suggest people vote on the idea or add their own, and Polls also should also encourage a vote

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Title: Email content for new nodes, configurable by content type » Specific Activity stream & email update text for Questions & Answers

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