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(...) This is possible. At least to me it is. The drop down highlight menu offers three options: "highlight" "spotlight" and "---" - if you want to un-highlight, change your selection from "highlight" to "---" and hit submit. Works for me. -Lenny (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I think what he means is to 'lowlight' a post. Like, if you not only think it shouldn't be hightlighted by yourself, it shouldn't be highlighted by some others either. -Suz (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Exactly how I'm reading it as well, Suz. There are many times I've seen something spotlighted and thought to myself, 'Why in the world would anyone spotlight this? I wish I could cancel out their vote.' Then I realize just how open to abusive (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Suz, Thanks for the clarification. Yes. I mean lowlight. Kevin (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) <snip> (...) It's a good idea on paper. The issue will arise when Group A has more people than Group B--Group A can always make sure nothing from Group B ever gets highlighted just by everyone in Group A 'lowlighting' the post. I mean if we (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) LUGNET history note: we already went through this. When highlighting was first available, it was possible to give a negative rating to messages. This feature was abused/misused almost immediately -- or at least, people perceived that it was (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Steve Bliss wrote: <snip> (...) Well then that,s different, isn't it? The ability to choose whether my post should be able to be highlighted or not--that's a pretty neat little thing... Would that 'non highlighting' flag (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Thanks for the elaboration, Steve. LUGNET DID have such a system, and it was not uniformly positively received. This has been alluded to in other replies as well. A suggestion to again allow both negative and positive weighting should not be (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Hi Dave, I was asking for the ability to prevent or remove any highlighting only from my own posts. I guess I felt it would be only the author's perogative (i.e. I wouldn't have the ability to lowlight anyone else's post.). (...) Kevin (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Yes, I picked this up too. (...) Yes, Larry I had offered the ability to prevent or remove any highlight to my own posts. This would give me a bit of control, and send message to others about my highlighting desires, but still prevents abuse (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) This is something I would support, though it might be hard to do from the NNTP or SMTP interfaces (unless there is some flag that could be put in the post or a header). It might be nice to be able to do after the fact also, but verification (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I would probably suggest 2 bits tagged on the post: 1) Author has prevented highlighting/spotlighting 2) Admin has prevented highlighting/spotlighting The effect of the bits would actually be pretty hidden. Instead of preventing people from (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I would have no problem with the author having that ability, but the only time I would consider allowing Admin to do it would be with "murfled" posts (as described in the leaked p&p doc). And I would probably say in that particular case, it (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) How about by author request also (since not necessarily everyone would be able to unhighlight their posts). Frank (20 years ago, 27-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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