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Re: Language Choices and LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:27:16 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Calum Tsang wrote:
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Tim Courtney wrote:
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Calum Tsang wrote:
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I would like to suggest a “down-light” option. Enough downlights could
moderate a post into oblivion. Then you would truly have a representation
of the “community” opinion on something.
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Seems worthy of exploration. The downside is that an important but
unpopular message might get downchecked pretty badly.
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That could be overcome by a mechanism where admins can block a message from
being downchecked.
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That defies the purpose, Tim. That’s still saying an admin, a person chosen
for ambiguous reasons, should have power. Those reasons could be for being a
loudmouth, for being the guy who happened to be there, the guy who other
admins felt was closest to their own beliefs, or fits their ideals for
another admin.
The idea with a collaborative filtering system is that people GAIN power as
they post and as they contribute. Then the power is used to moderate posts,
any or all of them. Everyone moderates. And if something is downchecked
severely, that’s what the social network wants. There’s no “editorializing”.
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True but it seems that (although I admit I have little experience with
collaborative filtering systems) revenge and retribution would be much easier to
pull off. For example, I dislike someone so in revenge I get 20 of my friends
to downcheck a post to the graveyard. A less sinister example would be a member
who frequently has dislike post now posts a worthwhile message and the community
immediately downchecks it as knee jerk reaction due to the poster and not the
post itself.
Also, “mob rule” tends to maginalize the smaller factions. While for the most
part this isn’t all bad, in some cases it is. How many Bionicle posts would
have survived in the early days if Lugnet had a system like this in place?
-Orion
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| (...) That defies the purpose, Tim. That's still saying an admin, a person chosen for ambiguous reasons, should have power. Those reasons could be for being a loudmouth, for being the guy who happened to be there, the guy who other admins felt was (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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