bwhah touche... No, i agree its sometimes very easy to go off topic in mailing lists and so sometimes the community needs to go "stop..ya know this is a valid discussion i'm sure, but over there *points to another category* you can go at it and be all slanderish to one another until the cows come home..but for this one..lets stay on topic...." so once a majority clicks *boot it* then so be it, its booted - the people have spoken.
The only thing that I'd flag or ponder is to what % of the user base is considered a majority. Obviously 50.1% wouldn't work as probaly 30-40% of all users subscribe don't actually actively participate and sometimes just "READ" or "Subscribe for personal archives for when I need to search on a problem"... Maybe you could do a rating point system where people can rate other posters who help, the more folks who help others get more pts then the rest - resulting in a collective "helpers" able to push threads around.. heh ...mind you this approach has been used before in a similiar concept where you have IRC @Operators... people who as an elite few can dictate how a channel flows.. ;) i don't see any of the above happening as warranted as it may be. On Apr 1, 2005 4:18 PM, Calvin Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You mean like this thread? :P > > - Calvin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:13 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: community threads > > It seems that frequently the threads with the longest lives on this list are > the ones that have nothing to do with development per se - the one about > ChrystalTech is an example still fresh in our inboxes. At the same time > some threads that aren't directly on topic, like discussion of search engine > rankings, query optimization, etc. are still worth reading. I know we're > supposed to police ourselves and keep things on track, but that obviously > doesn't happen all the time and it becomes a burden for the list owner to > decide when a thread is far enough off track to move. > > So, what if every email we got from the list included a link in the > signature that said "Boot this thread" or "Request change of venue" or > "Remove this thread before my eyes begin bleeding." When a sufficient > number of members clicked the "I hate this thread" link, the system could > alert the list owner and he could choose whether to reassign the topic to > cf-community or another more appropriate list. > > Think it would work? I'd happily click a few links to avoid deleting 900 > emails about ChrystalTech. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:201150 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
