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Re: Signature Image Abuse
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Thu, 29 May 2003 14:23:37 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Needless to say I agree with Tim that there is a good potential for abuse
> here...
Yup, I agree, and I think the posting page should summarize or refer posters to
a page of netiquette guidelines (don't top-post; delete irrelevant quoted
content; don't post annoying animated GIFs; don't post images too large; etc.).
> I raised another type of potential abuse in this post:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/test/?n=4211
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> but it seems to have gone unanswered. Perhaps because it's blindingly obvious?
> Perhaps because I posted in the wrong group? Anyway, consider this a **bump** of
> that post.
It's a good question. Personally, I think it should be obvious to everyone that
altering the meaning of quoted content is bad form. I think it should
definitely be mentioned in a bullet point in a netiquette list.
> Technical question? Can it be turned off again without disruption if for
> whatever reason that were desired?
Do you mean can the feature as a whole be disabled? Yes, it would be trivial.
Or do you mean on a person-by-person basis? That would be a bit more work.
--Todd
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) That's an interesting point -- I think it would preserve the freedom for those who use it responsibly, and enable you to prevent abusers from continuing to abuse the privilege. -Tim (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Signature Image Abuse
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| In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Tim Courtney wrote: <snip> Needless to say I agree with Tim that there is a good potential for abuse here... I raised another type of potential abuse in this post: (URL) it seems to have gone unanswered. Perhaps because (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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