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@thought wrote: I was having a bit of stupid fun. I'm not a fan of the down thumbs if you can believe it. Oh how to undue the harm I have done... Read full topic
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@chgoliz wrote: ChickieD: I also note that at AllRecipes, every 5 star desert has twice as much sugar as I can stand. Ain't that the truth?! Read full topic
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@Stove wrote: Slashdot went downhill badly, but that's to do with their management and not the moderation system. Their system isn't about 'winning', it's about separating the wheat from the chaff....
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@Stove wrote: The guys at soylentnews are trying to fix old slashcode, and making metamoderation more friendly is on their list. If you have suggestions you can probably put them here. Read full topic
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@redesigned wrote: I personally like that BB's core commenting group is small enough that I recognize and look forward to the comments by certain users. for the most part is is a good crowd... Read...
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@codinghorror wrote: And I respectfully point out that one way to not build a community of regular commenters is to open the floodgates of article commenting to anyone with a Disqus cookie in their...
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@ChickieD wrote: Amen and I am very happy with the work you are doing @codinghorror. It's great to see discussion software come back to life and I love the Boing Boing community. Read full topic
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@fuzzyfungus wrote: Stove: It's a flawed system run by fallible people. It's just the least flawed system I know of. Slashdot's results are decent; though arguably not brilliant. What is particularly...
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@Humbabella wrote: tachin1: If you mean something along the lines that you can't get people to finish a conversation by saying, "You've convinced me, by George, I think you're right!". then, by...
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@WalterPlinge wrote: I understand the intention, I'm just not sure it succeeded or can ever succeed using a voting system. Purely anecdotally, I have found upvotes/downvotes to correlate with the...
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@gconduit wrote: Yes. If down-voting ends up hiding your post then it is mob censorship and not constructive debate. Read full topic
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@Humbabella wrote: I'm not so sure. "Mob censorship" sure makes it sound bad, but what about if that message board is just a place where people don't want to listen to you? Are boards even supposed to...
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@tachin1 wrote: gconduit: mob censorship Is this a thing?Please define. Read full topic
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@WalterPlinge wrote: Humbabella: Are boards even supposed to be places of constructive debate...then what is the hope for constructive debate in these places anyway? No and there is none? They're...
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@jandrese wrote: Or your post was bad and you should have been ashamed to make it. Read full topic
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@Humbabella wrote: Hmm.. I had meant to link to: http://onestarbookreview.tumblr.com/ In response to @PrestonSturges Read full topic
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@gconduit wrote: Mob censorship is bad. Which is why I chose to express myself somewhere else. There's forum netiquette that allows one to express themselves if on-topic. Even if a majority disagree...
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@gconduit wrote: That's a giant leap of logic and a personal opinion. Should I downvote it because it isn't true? Or, should it be discussed? Obviously you and others think it should be since it could...
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@gconduit wrote: I'd say it's when a discussion board or forum allows users to arbitrarily subvert or censor another users post. This could be by downvoting until a post is no longer visible or other...
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@Medievalist wrote: No problem! Mob Censorship: Any slashdot discussion involving nuclear power, global warming, or libertarianism. Note the topics change over time, though. That's just this week's...
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@Humbabella wrote: gconduit: Even if a majority disagree there's always room for discussion or others to abstain from commenting - not censorship. I have a strong desire to argue this point but I...
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@tachin1 wrote: I see, I wouldn't call that censorship but I have no interest in debating semantics either, its enough that I get where you're coming from. I will say that you may be describing trolls...
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@phuzz wrote: I knew there was something wrong with this thread, it's missing an obligatory XKCD. Read full topic
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@cub wrote: or to look at it another way-- the forces of negativity need to be quarantined from the general study-- they are separate beasts. in management, there are maxims of varying numbers, but...
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