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(...) 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.). (...) (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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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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(...) This is what I meant.. if for whatever reason it's decided that FTX should no longer be allowed in posts, can you at that point - prevent people from including FTX tags? (I suspect not, at least not in an easy to implement but hard to get (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Turn it around - let people turn off FTX in messages they read. Todd's already contemplating a setting to let people choose to filter out images based on size. How about another option to filter out all FTX formatting? (...) I've always liked (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) or combine the two, and allow people to block (or allow) FTX in messages from specific posters. (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I meant disabling the viewing of it on a person-by-person basis...not disabling their ability to post that way. --Todd (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) No... although preventing someone from posting with that content type wouldn't be much work if it were administered manually (the same way someone is prevent from posting at all, which is very rare). (...) Yes, trivial. Just commenting out one (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) So, does that mean that for example: • I, Tim Courtney, can see that poster John Doe is annoying me, and flip a switch so LUGNET doesn't show me FTX formatting when I read his posts or • You, Todd Lehman (or another admin), can see that John (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) my guess is that I choose not to see any FTX formatting, ever, by anyone. That seems the easiest to implement. Dan (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Neither... I meant: You, Tim Courtney, could disable viewing of all FTX messages. Other people would still see FTX messages. But the other two options might be possibilities. (Although I'd hate to do the second one.) --Todd (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) The various discussion has brought up a lot of issues. There has only been momentary reference to pornography, but have you considered that? Since the images are hosted externally, you can't even put someone on moderation since they can make (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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