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Re: Language Choices and LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:03:08 GMT
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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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I’ve been thinking about such a system all week, just because my thesis
advisor told me to write up some project proposals:
Web Forum Moderation via Social Networks
Moderation of online chat forums is a tricky task, usually based around a
select few administrators entrusted with the community good. Elected
officials or just benevolent dictators, these administrators must walk the
line between censorship and damage control when faced with “trolls” and
“spammers”. Once in a while, an online community is attacked by sociopaths
looking to discredit or ruin a forum with spurious or offensive posts.
This project would develop a prototype system on a mainstream web board
implementation which would establish ratings and rankings for users based on
historical data, such as posting count and length of membership; then allow
them to moderate down posts on their own. A global threshold would be
established for all users at which posts disappear, given enough votes, a
post can be eliminated forever with group consensus.
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Interesting proposal. the threshold is somewhat reminiscent of the slashdot
karma functionality, if you run at +5 you see very little chaff. Did you have
that in mind at least in part?
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Language Choices and LUGNET
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| (...) That's okay--say the community isn't enlightened about certain topics. If they unvote "important" topics, it can't be that "important" as a result. What that really says is, we're gonna institute a mechanized form of mob rule. If it's gonna be (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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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. I've been thinking about such a system all week, just (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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