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  1. Comment on I for one... in ~humanities.languages

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    How about "It's almost as if" to give whatever you say next that passive aggressive sarcasm that will turn off anyone who reads it

    How about "It's almost as if" to give whatever you say next that passive aggressive sarcasm that will turn off anyone who reads it

    1 vote

  2. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk

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    I'd disagree with the premise that "religion is good." I could be convinced a particular religion is good, and in general the sense of community that religions can generate is good, but not that...

    I'd disagree with the premise that "religion is good." I could be convinced a particular religion is good, and in general the sense of community that religions can generate is good, but not that religion in general is good.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Name change? in ~misc

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    I'd be happy if it were permanent, really. Otherwise if there is user history to consider, you have to do a research project to find it.

    I'd be happy if it were permanent, really. Otherwise if there is user history to consider, you have to do a research project to find it.

  4. Comment on Is there going to be some equivalent to reddit karma? in ~tildes

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    Yeah, trust system is cool but displaying the score is like.. showing the score in mario. What's that doing really?

    Yeah, trust system is cool but displaying the score is like.. showing the score in mario. What's that doing really?

    9 votes

  5. Comment on How do we ensure the site stays un-fluffy? in ~tildes

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    I doubt it's possible to prevent the fluff from being a major component. Humor is popular; popular items will always rise to the top. As others have suggested, the tagging system will work well....

    I doubt it's possible to prevent the fluff from being a major component. Humor is popular; popular items will always rise to the top. As others have suggested, the tagging system will work well.

    I'd like to see something like Slashdot to combine the voting and tagging - indicate why you are voting, not just a vote itself. That way you can put "Funny" on the short list of options to classify the posts, which allows others to filter them neatly.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - what missing/broken things are the most "shocking"? in ~tildes.official

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    Well, if we can get a better-than-google search I'd love to see it! A good search makes life a thousand times better. I'd put the open sourcing as a higher priority so that extra people can be...

    Well, if we can get a better-than-google search I'd love to see it! A good search makes life a thousand times better.

    I'd put the open sourcing as a higher priority so that extra people can be recruited to work on things like the search!

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Name change? in ~misc

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    Changing your name IRL and going into witness protection DOES reset your trust in RL, though. It's the same trick companies do when rebranding.. "I hated 'old company name' but 'new company name'...

    Changing your name IRL and going into witness protection DOES reset your trust in RL, though.

    It's the same trick companies do when rebranding.. "I hated 'old company name' but 'new company name' is great!" - we changed nothing.

    One of the biggest reasons you'd want to reset is to avoid persecution for bad behavior.. the other reason is choosing a terrible name. I'd say a nice middle is reset names but lose your system chosen trust, since you're also getting a clean slate on your human memory trust.

    I do agree it isn't that big a deal, provided we can tell for sure.

  8. Comment on Name change? in ~misc

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    Plans moving forward allow those with a more in depth site history essentially more power over the site, including an auto-mod system. I agree it's not that big a deal, so long as we can check the...

    Plans moving forward allow those with a more in depth site history essentially more power over the site, including an auto-mod system.

    I agree it's not that big a deal, so long as we can check the history to see the posts.. and those posts have some reference to the new name.. and ideally the old name shows forever in the post history, as well.

    After all, the main reason to name change is to avoid well deserved persecution in my humble experience

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - what missing/broken things are the most "shocking"? in ~tildes.official

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    Strongly agree. Adding the ability to add features faster because of additional talent should be a higher priority than individual feature fixes.

    Strongly agree. Adding the ability to add features faster because of additional talent should be a higher priority than individual feature fixes.

    14 votes

  10. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - what missing/broken things are the most "shocking"? in ~tildes.official

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    Well, isn’t google going to perpetually do a better job than an internal search? Or more accurately, a better job than a search that could be easily implemented?

    Well, isn’t google going to perpetually do a better job than an internal search?

    Or more accurately, a better job than a search that could be easily implemented?

    10 votes

  11. Comment on Name change? in ~misc

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    I'm leery of name changes even with brakes like that to make it inconvenient. What benefit is there to the user of a name change other than keeping the karma they accumulated under their own name?...

    I'm leery of name changes even with brakes like that to make it inconvenient.

    What benefit is there to the user of a name change other than keeping the karma they accumulated under their own name?

    Them keeping the karma under a new name only harms the community, as community members will associate them with being a respectable user they just didn't know about, instead of a known quantity.

    Other benefits such as easily copying over which subs you were subscribed to could be maintained without the name change.. "Copy settings" option or some such.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - should we allow groups to have customized appearances? in ~tildes.official

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    I would agree with this. There does need to be a consideration of site quality for viewers, and functionality is key to that. I've always turned off the CSS myself, but it definitely helps give...

    I would agree with this. There does need to be a consideration of site quality for viewers, and functionality is key to that.

    I've always turned off the CSS myself, but it definitely helps give communities their own feel.

    3 votes