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Re: Un-spotlight? (was: suspended Bricklink shops)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:25:00 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney wrote:
> > > In lugnet.general, Brendan Coughlin wrote:
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> > Which gets me thinking, why not also have a "un-spotlight" function? Not to
> > remove a spot light I've previously set (which I can already do), but to
> > subtract from the spotlights of others (subtract 100 or whatever from its points
> > value). So if I think a news item that has made the top stories isn't all that
> > newsworthy, I can vote to remove it.
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> > ROSCO
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> > FUT: .admin.general
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> Hi Rosco,
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> I think this could end as a very bad idea which leads to a situation like
> censorship. If a few people think a topic is important, then I want to have the
> chance to get a hint to find this topic, even if some other people (in same
> number, but with 100% differing opinions) are trying to keep the dirt under the
> carpet...
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> I actually like to read critical opinions.
Ben -
I'm leaning more towards your views than Ross's. Ross's thoughts do have merit
though. What if users could de-spotlight posts for their own accounts, but not
globally? So, users have a choice to 'remove this post/all posts in this thread
from my top stories list.'
That way, people aren't shuffling critical opinions under the rug for everyone
else - let the individual decide.
-Tim
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| (...) Hi Rosco, I think this could end as a very bad idea which leads to a situation like censorship. If a few people think a topic is important, then I want to have the chance to get a hint to find this topic, even if some other people (in same (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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