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Re: Vote to unhighlight?
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:24:59 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Steve Bliss wrote:
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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 being abused/misused. The interface was changed to only allow
> no-vote/highlight/spotlight.
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> Lowlighting would have to be handled differently from highlighting. Lowlighting
> would be a setting on a message to prevent people from highlighting it at all.
> Basically, the author of the message would need to specify 'lowlight flag' when
> the message is posted.
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> Steve
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 be carried down to all subsequent posts in
the tree, or just that one posting? There may be issues either way.
Dave K
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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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| (...) 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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