On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:57:38 -0400, fauno wrote: > > [1 <multipart/signed (7bit)>] > [1.1 <text/plain (quoted-printable)>] > Josh Branning <[email protected]> writes: > > > On 14/04/17 18:54, Luke Shumaker wrote: > >> Sometimes, members of our community want to have a discussion via > >> etherpad... and that pad doesn't get shared with the rest of the > >> community, and cliques form. > >> > >> I propose creating pad.parabola.nu on which Parabola hackers[1] can > >> create pads, but the listing of all pads is public, so that none of > >> them are "secret". > >> > >> [1]: I said "Parabola hackers" as an anti-spam measure; credentials to > >> create a pad would be based on inclusion in hackers.git. > >> > > > > I think this is a sensible idea, but couldn't possibly comment myself as > > I am not an official. > > it doesn't need to be authenticated. in my experience pads are almost > never vandalized (i remember one case where the person vandalizing them > had auto-translate on chrome enabled and it messed up the text) and > they're much richer when many people is involved. you can always save > them using the star icon. > > +1 for an open pad
That works when the pad IDs/URLs are basically random, secret tokens. When the listing of them is public, I'm not sure the same sanctity would exist. Bots are my concern moreso than human trolls. Perhaps a captcha or somesuch? Though human trolls too; on HN I've read the horror stories of running a public pastebin service. -- Happy hacking, ~ Luke Shumaker _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/dev
