On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:44:26AM +0000, Xyne wrote: [...] > How hard would it be to create an action queue for comments and flagging? > > The idea would be to add a new field to the user accounts table (e.g. a > boolean > named "supervise"). The default value would be true for new accounts. The > value > could be changed by TUs and/or automatically changed after a fixed interval > and/or certain actions (depending on how far you want to go with the logic). > > When flagged, comments and actions would be submitted to a queue that would be > accessible to TUs via a webpage with accept/reject buttons for each action. > > This avoids the annoyance and data collection of captchas and it also avoids > the risk of blacklisting legitimate users who share IP ranges (or some proxy) > with trolls. Bonus: AUR automation tools will not be broken. > > It will introduce a variable delay before actions are executed but in most > cases this will probably not be more than a couple of hours given the current > number of TUs. [...]
Delays in actions are worse than Captchas. If I do something, I want immediate feedback. Otherwise I assume the system is not working and I would try again... ...maybe 3 or 5 or 10 times until I think "AUR is shit!", "Fuck Arch". Even Captchas allow immediate feedback, even they insist me to have detour instead of a straight way. But at least I know whats going on. Waiting - especially if there is an unknown delay time - is the whorst case. Ciao, Oliver
