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Re: Worst of the worst
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:39:00 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Gereon Stein wrote:
> Okay, here's the big issue: LUGNET is based on an NNTP server, and the news
> system does not support such a thing as thread locking, since threads are only
> made up by matching subjects (and some header info) in the very first place.
> Enhancing the NNTP server so as to accommodate things like locking would
> basically mean reinventing the wheel. Several times.
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> We _could_ try to implement thread locking for web-based posting (which is what
> most users do anyway, and which is the main reason why other bulletin board
> systems support moderating features like locking), but continuing a thread
> through the NNTP or mail-to-news gateways will still work. Not exactly what I
> would call elegant.
What about making the server reject any new posts to a thread, either through
the web or NNTP? It again wouldn't be the most elegant solution, but I'd
imagine it would be doable.
> I think the main concern here is that threads like the one spinning off this
> discussion keep being spotlighted to the front page - and this is actually
> something we _can_ sort out, as the spotlighting feature is purely web-based.
> Everything that offers only one way of access (preferrably the web) is fairly
> easily modified or enhanced. I'll take a look at the current implementation and
> try to figure out a useful modification.
I think the easiest way would be adding some negative spotlight options, or
making the neutral one submitable. Right now there is no way for us as users to
"vote something off the front page" so to speak (other than spotlighing tons of
other messages to flood the front page). I know it was never implemented to
prevent people from negatively spotlighting posts from people they don't like,
but it's probably a better solution than having these things keep hanging around
on the front page at this point.
Jeff
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| (...) Good point, Jeff - actually something like that appears ideal: User opinions are very important when it comes to the spotlight feature, so we probably want exactly this option: To be able to move a topic out of the spotlight upon request, or (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Okay, here's the big issue: LUGNET is based on an NNTP server, and the news system does not support such a thing as thread locking, since threads are only made up by matching subjects (and some header info) in the very first place. Enhancing (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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