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Re: Worst of the worst
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Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:00:33 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Gereon Stein wrote:
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In lugnet.admin.general, Jeff Stembel wrote:
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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.
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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 probably even by active voting from the community.
As for rejecting new posts to threads, or moving threads someplace else,
that’d be similar to being able to lock threads - a feature very nice to have
but very difficult to set up. I’ll have a chat with René and will see what is
possible. Keeping the spotlight focused on LEGO- rather than personal topics
will quite possibly be our first pick, though.
Regards,
Jerry
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I really think this is something that LUGNET members can sort out... if they
really want it sorted out.
‘Worst of the worst’ has three spotlights... and it is in the main page
highlights.
How difficult can it be to spotlight ten things more than that?
Okay: Some people can’t spotlight because they’re members... that can be
corrected by becoming a member.
Okay: Some people can’t find something worth spotlighting... that can be
corrected by posting something worth spotlighting.
It shouldn’t really be necessary to come up with an admin solution for stuff
like this... it’s been done before, and it hasn’t worked yet.
I think ‘voting off’ or ‘unspotlighting’ or ‘darklighting’ or whatever as an
option is unnecessarily negative.
And I think that criticising people who spotlight ‘negative’ things is
unhelpful. If people think spotlighting is important, then so be it - that three
people spotlight something is something to note. But those ‘negative’ spotlights
should be overwhelmed by positive spotlights. There is heaps of stuff worth
spotlighting.
Really, if we spotlight the positive enough, and the negative will disappear.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| Agreed! (but not spotlighted!) I just went through announce.moc and highlit a few items, maybe we can push the unpleasentness off the front page. (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
| | | Re: Worst of the worst
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| (...) No, I think you're wrong and users need a way to counter spotlighting in cases like this. Your post is another example of why a post needs an option to downgrade it. Some people who agree with you have gone and highlighted it. Now it looks (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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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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