I have a few suggestions on the moderation system:
On the subject of replies with higher scores than parents: If a parent's score is higher than the reader's threshold, treat it as normal. If a parent's score is lower than the reader's threshold, display it and all its children if the average score of all messages in the thread is above the threshold.
For instance, say the user's threshold was 2. There's a thread whose parent has a score of 1 but whose replies have scores of 0, 0, 1, 3, 4, 4, and 5, making the average score of that thread 2, therefore at least the parent and all replies above the threshold should be displayed.
An option would be to include an Average Thread Score Threshold as a user configurable option.
On the subject of moderation reasons: I think the value you modify the post by and the reason should be in two separate boxes. Some people may think a post deserves +1 cause it's funny and made them laugh. Others may think a post deserves -1 cause it was funny while being inappropriate.
Statically linking a value to each reason is very subjective, and should be avoided. Possibly an "Other" input field should also be included.
On varied subjects:
I think rating a moderation by "I Agree / I Disagree" is a good idea. The more "I Agree" votes a particular moderation gets, the more points that moderator should get.
I like the idea of showing the moderation history. Maybe it would be cool to show the last three moderations after the score like "(Score: 4, Funny, Insightful, Sexy as Hell)" and then make the entire score section a link that leads to a detailed history of the moderation of that post.
If the decision is ever made to un-anonymize moderator status, it would be nice to see each moderation history entry include the value it was modified from and to, the reason given, the person who modified it, their moderator rating at the time of moderation, and their current moderator rating if it has changed since then. Maybe this is too much information, but I think it's neat.
I like the idea of being able to modify your post's score when you make it. For instance, if you have a default post score of 2, you should be presented with a pull down box containing values between -5 and 2 on the Post Comment form.
That way if you know your comment's going to be worse than your normal ones, you can demote it yourself without making a moderator waste their posts on a comment you know is bad to begin with.
Anyway, I think that's enough suggestions for one post. I'll shut up now.
I know they refer to it as a tetris game, but I don't remember actually seeing a title on the screen. So they can get away with creating a game that doesn't have its own name because it's embedded in another program.
I remember at LinuxWorld Expo when Caldera was demonstrating the GUI OpenLinux install, they got to the tetris game, and the audience exploded into applause louder than when the guy was handing out free software.
Has anyone tried submitting a comment from the link at the bottom of amazon's page that says "I am the author of this book and want to post a comment on it"?
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On the subject of replies with higher scores than parents:
If a parent's score is higher than the reader's threshold, treat it as normal. If a parent's score is lower than the reader's threshold, display it and all its children if the average score of all messages in the thread is above the threshold.
For instance, say the user's threshold was 2. There's a thread whose parent has a score of 1 but whose replies have scores of 0, 0, 1, 3, 4, 4, and 5, making the average score of that thread 2, therefore at least the parent and all replies above the threshold should be displayed.
An option would be to include an Average Thread Score Threshold as a user configurable option.
On the subject of moderation reasons:
I think the value you modify the post by and the reason should be in two separate boxes. Some people may think a post deserves +1 cause it's funny and made them laugh. Others may think a post deserves -1 cause it was funny while being inappropriate.
Statically linking a value to each reason is very subjective, and should be avoided. Possibly an "Other" input field should also be included.
On varied subjects:
If the decision is ever made to un-anonymize moderator status, it would be nice to see each moderation history entry include the value it was modified from and to, the reason given, the person who modified it, their moderator rating at the time of moderation, and their current moderator rating if it has changed since then. Maybe this is too much information, but I think it's neat.
That way if you know your comment's going to be worse than your normal ones, you can demote it yourself without making a moderator waste their posts on a comment you know is bad to begin with.
Anyway, I think that's enough suggestions for one post. I'll shut up now.
"Life is really fucked up. But the food's good."
I know Kung Fu!
I know they refer to it as a tetris game, but I don't remember actually seeing a title on the screen. So they can get away with creating a game that doesn't have its own name because it's embedded in another program.
I remember at LinuxWorld Expo when Caldera was demonstrating the GUI OpenLinux install, they got to the tetris game, and the audience exploded into applause louder than when the guy was handing out free software.
Eh, I've already got toiletduk@fishdot.org which is good enough for me :)
Has anyone tried submitting a comment from the link at the bottom of amazon's page that says "I am the author of this book and want to post a comment on it"?
Well why don't you eat Motzah's?
I think "This Way to the Egress" would be a more appropriate slogan. Tack my name up on the Intel PIII boycot list.