A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.

Anya ,'Dirty Girls'


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§ ita § - Mar 03, 2003 11:30:58 am PST #3364 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I was referring to

something that should be raised for Formal Discussion at some point

That's not something I want to see happen for modifications. The development cycle is fragile enough as it is, what with people's schedules and stuff.


Jesse - Mar 03, 2003 11:32:23 am PST #3365 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm making this up as I go along, but blinvisible doesn't feel like something that needs voting -- it's a feature that people can use or not. Feedback feels like a much bigger cultural shift.


Jon B. - Mar 03, 2003 11:34:20 am PST #3366 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

That's not something I want to see happen for modifications. The development cycle is fragile enough as it is, what with people's schedules and stuff.

Agreed.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 03, 2003 11:35:46 am PST #3367 of 10000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I'm making this up as I go along, but blinvisible doesn't feel like something that needs voting -- it's a feature that people can use or not. Feedback feels like a much bigger cultural shift.

This is what I was thinking, too.


Michele T. - Mar 03, 2003 2:56:16 pm PST #3368 of 10000
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi

I love the idea of saying "this post made blinvisible"!


Rebecca Lizard - Mar 03, 2003 4:25:04 pm PST #3369 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket

I love the "blinvisible" (although it ought to have been "inblisible", damn it), and I love the click-through-to-see-it; I had originally evisioned the blinvisible-post sign formatted exactly as the deleted-post is, but, you know, whatever; and as I said on WX I'd have to leave the board for my own sanity if we got a passive-aggressive feedback system like Whuffle or know-about-it-Marcie.


Typo Boy - Mar 03, 2003 7:01:53 pm PST #3370 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Only one suggestion - and not a strong suggestion. Some of the low priority things look like stuff that could be completed and tested very quickly. Back when I was involved in big projects with long lists like that, sometimes we would take a break, and do some of the easy low priority stuff just for the the psychological lift of seeing the list get shorter. Of course, the psychology of the particular coders for this board my not work like this.


Liese S. - Mar 03, 2003 11:43:09 pm PST #3371 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Let it be said that I'm personally uncomfortable with a user filter altogether, but it is clear that many people require it, so it should be.

Are board mods going to be Formalised?

I should hope not. How will we get anything done?

That said, I'm generally okay with what's currently on slate.

I do agree with Rob's suggestion about awareness, and I understand his mentality behind feedback. I think it's ruder to ignore someone without being willing to let them know they're being ignored, than it is to let them know. It doesn't have to be upfront or agressive, just somewhere they could find out if they cared.

I, being more paranoid than most, would prefer to know that I'm being filtered, rather than wondering constantly whether I am. At least if I knew seven people were filtering me, I'd be able to say, okay, I'm annoying seven people and I don't know why, but at least the whole board isn't against me. If I were ever to log on and find that seven hundred were, I'd know it was time for me to skedaddle.

Whereas when the filter goes in now, every time there is a five minute lull after I post, I may conclude that I'm being completely filtered out, and wonder why. In actuality, the boards may just be busy, or I may just be inane but benign.

Leaving a filtered user wondering why makes me a proponent of optional feedback. If you care to advise the user (hopefully in a kind Buffista manner) then you can do so. If you don't, if the filter is just for you, then you don't have to.

Like Dana, I don't see the filter as behavior modification, but I do think we should make life easier and better for both parties as much as possible.

All of which can be regarded as inconsequential. As Rob has already withdrawn his proposal, I, too, am willing to flow with the tide. Especially since I'm stompified, and won't be using a filter, myself.


Jon B. - Mar 04, 2003 5:54:21 am PST #3372 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Leaving a filtered user wondering why makes me a proponent of optional feedback.

If it's optional, why not just send the user an email? I think that's less rude than anonymous feedback.


Nora Deirdre - Mar 04, 2003 10:59:07 am PST #3373 of 10000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)