Posted: 4/25/2014 6:35:34 AM EDT
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The thread about not having an ignore list makes me think there is a feature that would be useful for sorting out where people are coming from and the quality of posts made.
The idea would be to have a set of categories, either preset or perhaps customizable, that would allow a member to place posters in that category. For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit. If you spotted a poster making such a post you could begin categorizing them into various buckets, so that next time you saw their posts you could begin to detect patterns and call them on shenanigans. Example categories could be: --argumentative obvious libtard --stealth libtard --potential master libtard propagandist --conspiracy whacko --narrow-minded tow-the-line dolt --sicko --JBT ...and so on. The feature could be further enhanced with some sort of "save as example" feature that let you review why you placed the poster into that category. Criticisms? |
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For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit. 
Fucking redditchan groupthink herd animal '09ers. |
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For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit.
Fucking redditchan groupthink herd animal '09ers. It's your personal list, not a groupthink tool. |
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The thread about not having an ignore list makes me think there is a feature that would be useful for sorting out where people are coming from and the quality of posts made. The idea would be to have a set of categories, either preset or perhaps customizable, that would allow a member to place posters in that category. For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit. If you spotted a poster making such a post you could begin categorizing them into various buckets, so that next time you saw their posts you could begin to detect patterns and call them on shenanigans. Example categories could be: --argumentative obvious libtard --stealth libtard --potential master libtard propagandist --conspiracy whacko --narrow-minded tow-the-line dolt --sicko --JBT ...and so on. The feature could be further enhanced with some sort of "save as example" feature that let you review why you placed the poster into that category. Criticisms? Just stick labeled post-it notes on your display screen. |
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For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit.
Fucking redditchan groupthink herd animal '09ers. It's your personal list, not a groupthink tool. Your suggestion and thought process is a symptom of a huge problem that's been slowly degrading this place since '08-'09. |
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The thread about not having an ignore list makes me think there is a feature that would be useful for sorting out where people are coming from and the quality of posts made. The idea would be to have a set of categories, either preset or perhaps customizable, that would allow a member to place posters in that category. For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit. If you spotted a poster making such a post you could begin categorizing them into various buckets, so that next time you saw their posts you could begin to detect patterns and call them on shenanigans. Example categories could be: --argumentative obvious libtard --stealth libtard --potential master libtard propagandist --conspiracy whacko --narrow-minded tow-the-line dolt --sicko --JBT ...and so on. The feature could be further enhanced with some sort of "save as example" feature that let you review why you placed the poster into that category. Criticisms? Chill your boots and don't let it get to you. It's just the internet. |
| Your overthinking this whole thing! I come here for entertainment! If I have to start grouping and categorizing posters the entertainment is long gone! I get as much entertainment out of the posters I dont agree with as the ones I do agree with maybe even more so! |
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Your suggestion and thought process is a symptom of a huge problem that's been slowly degrading this place since '08-'09. Quoted:
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For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit.
Fucking redditchan groupthink herd animal '09ers. It's your personal list, not a groupthink tool. Your suggestion and thought process is a symptom of a huge problem that's been slowly degrading this place since '08-'09. What huge problem are you referring to? I'm thinking, as one example, of the posters who dwell on minor faults with every potential candidate for office and whose mission appears to be sowing dissention in everything. Would be nice to at least have a tool to identify who the DU trolls are, who is inconsistently and continuously negative, and who is just a tard. |
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Your overthinking this whole thing! I come here for entertainment! If I have to start grouping and categorizing posters the entertainment is long gone! I get as much entertainment out of the posters I dont agree with as the ones I do agree with maybe even more so! Exactly. Besdies, it's not like GoatBoy is going to add a feature that allows us to tag a post as "I like the guy, but his crazy clown avatar creeps me out" 
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| Being able to set a "No EE" flag would be genuinely useful. Other categories would certainly be entertaining, but I predict a lot of butthurt. Much of GD has a hard enough time reading and understanding posts in real time, let alone flagging shit they misunderstand so they can remember it later. |
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What you ask is impossible for him. He physically can't do it. Don't you see? SOMEBODY ONLINE THINKS DIFFERENTLY THAN HE DOES. Quoted:
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Chill your boots and don't let it get to you. It's just the internet. What you ask is impossible for him. He physically can't do it. Don't you see? SOMEBODY ONLINE THINKS DIFFERENTLY THAN HE DOES. Well that's mischaracterizing my intention. I do NOT have an issue with dissenting opinion when it is openly and reasonably stated. So what you're doing right here would be a good example of someone who mischaracterizes others and sows dissent based on falsehoods. |
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Well that's mischaracterizing my intention. I do NOT have an issue with dissenting opinion when it is openly and reasonably stated. So what you're doing right here would be a good example of someone who mischaracterizes others and sows dissent based on falsehoods. Quoted:
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Chill your boots and don't let it get to you. It's just the internet. What you ask is impossible for him. He physically can't do it. Don't you see? SOMEBODY ONLINE THINKS DIFFERENTLY THAN HE DOES. Well that's mischaracterizing my intention. I do NOT have an issue with dissenting opinion when it is openly and reasonably stated. So what you're doing right here would be a good example of someone who mischaracterizes others and sows dissent based on falsehoods. I think "Ignore by join date" would be a far more appreciated feature. |
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Cool wonder what I would be filed under? Cool. You are filed under "Cool". And you would simply be undefined. <Crappy f350 owner who watches duck dynasty.> Oh well, whatever, nevermind. ETA: I drive an F350 |
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Cool wonder what I would be filed under? Cool. You are filed under "Cool". And you would simply be undefined. And you would be "Dude who posted smoking hot pics of his GF (now fiancée) in the AIM forum during the panic and kept us all happy when otherwise things were looking grim" |
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Quoted: And you would be "Dude who posted smoking hot pics of his GF (now fiancée) in the AIM forum during the panic and kept us all happy when otherwise things were looking grim" Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Cool wonder what I would be filed under? Cool. You are filed under "Cool". And you would simply be undefined. And you would be "Dude who posted smoking hot pics of his GF (now fiancée) in the AIM forum during the panic and kept us all happy when otherwise things were looking grim" |
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DUDE!! 25K+ posts; and you provided no link? 24hr time out. go to your room. Quoted:
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Cool wonder what I would be filed under? Cool. You are filed under "Cool". And you would simply be undefined. And you would be "Dude who posted smoking hot pics of his GF (now fiancée) in the AIM forum during the panic and kept us all happy when otherwise things were looking grim" I'm pretty sure all of them were taken down when 1badf350 got his timeout for them. |
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Quoted: I'm pretty sure all of them were taken down when 1badf350 got his timeout for them. Quoted: Quoted: Originally Posted By Undefined And you would be "Dude who posted smoking hot pics of his GF (now fiancée) in the AIM forum during the panic and kept us all happy when otherwise things were looking grim" I'm pretty sure all of them were taken down when 1badf350 got his timeout for them.  |
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And you would be "Dude who posted smoking hot pics of his GF (now fiancée) in the AIM forum during the panic and kept us all happy when otherwise things were looking grim" I'm pretty sure all of them were taken down when 1badf350 got his timeout for them.
They were truly epic and one of the reasons that thread in the AIM forum went to several hundred pages. Every time 1badf350 posted pics, AIM suddenly had ammo or mags to sell. It was like magic. |
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Quoted: They were truly epic and one of the reasons that thread in the AIM forum went to several hundred pages. Every time 1badf350 posted pics, AIM suddenly had ammo or mags to sell. It was like magic. Quoted: Quoted: They were truly epic and one of the reasons that thread in the AIM forum went to several hundred pages. Every time 1badf350 posted pics, AIM suddenly had ammo or mags to sell. It was like magic. Sounds a little to structured to be 'magic'... Someone had a plan... ANYWAY; BACK ON THE RANCH: Hey OP! Is this thread going the way you planned? |
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Why not a simple upvote or downvote button? Some of the sites I visit have them and it is easy to tell the quality of the poster by his up/down ratio. No. Those systems are shit and invariably lead to an even worse case of hivemind groupthink than forums normally display. 
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Why not a simple upvote or downvote button? Some of the sites I visit have them and it is easy to tell the quality of the poster by his up/down ratio. How about because GoatBoy would need to use a bigint to store all of my down votes and that uses a lot of space.
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No. Those systems are shit and invariably lead to an even worse case of hivemind groupthink than forums normally display. Quoted:
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Why not a simple upvote or downvote button? Some of the sites I visit have them and it is easy to tell the quality of the poster by his up/down ratio. No. Those systems are shit and invariably lead to an even worse case of hivemind groupthink than forums normally display. Not necessarily true. Here especially there are many different camps. There are the police, the anti's, the firemen, the libertarians, the republicans etc. I think things would even out. |
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It's your personal list, not a groupthink tool. Quoted:
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For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit.
Fucking redditchan groupthink herd animal '09ers. It's your personal list, not a groupthink tool. GD is a groupthink tool. |
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The thread about not having an ignore list makes me think there is a feature that would be useful for sorting out where people are coming from and the quality of posts made. The idea would be to have a set of categories, either preset or perhaps customizable, that would allow a member to place posters in that category. For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit. If you spotted a poster making such a post you could begin categorizing them into various buckets, so that next time you saw their posts you could begin to detect patterns and call them on shenanigans. Example categories could be: --argumentative obvious libtard --stealth libtard --potential master libtard propagandist --conspiracy whacko --narrow-minded tow-the-line dolt --sicko --JBT ...and so on. The feature could be further enhanced with some sort of "save as example" feature that let you review why you placed the poster into that category. Criticisms? I have asked in the past if we could put icons on people, like a giant penis, or a steaming pile. I believe these ideas could be combined. :D |
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For example, it's pretty obvious there are gray propagandists here who create mischief by injecting as much doubt and disagreement as possible into any discussion about liberty or which public figures have merit.
Fucking redditchan groupthink herd animal '09ers. It's your personal list, not a groupthink tool. GD is a groupthink tool. Ironic. |