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ticalc.org Demos "Post-It-Yourself" News
Posted by Chris on 8 October 1999, 18:46 GMT
Earlier today, as some of you may have noticed, we did an unannounced trial run of a possible new feature of our news system: "Post-It-Yourself" news. After several recent complaints questioning the timeliness and relevance of our news items, we decided to take the user interaction concept one step further: For approximately twelve hours, user comments to news articles and the survey were posted directly to the front page. This completely intentional demonstration allowed us to make some valuable observations. Users immediately complained of off-topic and critical responses to their own postings and begged for the return of moderated order to the front page. "I have a newfound sympathy for ticalc.org news staff," remarked Jason Onofrio, one of the participants. We've obliged and have reverted back to the old system, but we'll be analyzing the data we've collected from this trial and will consider reinstating this bug feature in the future. Thanks to everyone who participated in the dry run! And don't say ticalc doesn't empower its users. :)
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The comments below are written by ticalc.org visitors. Their views are not necessarily those of ticalc.org, and ticalc.org takes no responsibility for their content.
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Re: ticalc.org Demos "Post-It-Yourself" News
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James abba shalaka Rubingh 
(Web Page)
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what the hell? i could have sworn i turned off the damn fake news...
but in reality, what would be wrong with post it yourself news??
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8 October 1999, 18:54 GMT
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pitts
(Web Page)
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I think post it yourself news would be kind of cool, but most things posted would probably be stupid.
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8 October 1999, 20:03 GMT
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Jonathan Mitchell
(Web Page)
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We need to start a conference with the public.
Very important to others. It'd help us, as a community, become better. -END-
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8 October 1999, 20:24 GMT
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nice try
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spider
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Why not just copy Slashdot.org one step more?
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8 October 1999, 21:37 GMT
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Re: ticalc.org Demos "Post-It-Yourself" News
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raw33
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Wow... 8th comment! Anyway, I think you need to try that every once in a while to keep us honest.
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8 October 1999, 22:18 GMT
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Kirk Meyer
(Web Page)
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"Please use this feature responsibly! We will provide this forum only as long as our visitors put it to worthwhile use."
If you are so set on censoring people (particularly Bryan, his posting ability has been revoked for one week) -- why not revoke this forum like you promised to? Maybe it's because the rules that you judge things by are a bit too harsh, and you can't enforce them as long as people can still post. You can make a law, but you have to be able to enforce it.
But the way I see it, if you all would do your jobs better, the site would be like it was about half a year ago, and you wouldn't get all of this criticism in the first place. Rather than saying "yes, let's clean up our act", you've decided to waste some otherwise valuable time censoring the comment boards.
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8 October 1999, 23:35 GMT
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