On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 6:33 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For #3... How do we force new users to search for answers before > creating a duplicate thread on issues that has been addressed already?
An interesting method implemented by Metafilter (mentioned previous in regards to their banhammering) is to force a post preview prior to submission. In this process (assuming I haven't used the site's standard "search" options), I type up my post but can only preview it (versus immediately posting it live). This preview does some sort of check for similar or previous posts (in Metafilter's case, this check is done by looking at the URL in the post...but I imagine this check could be altered to other types of site-relevant content)...if a duplicate prior post is found, it is displayed with a message along the lines of "It looks like someone has already posted about topic X..." and some notes about not duplicating posts or checking to see if your post is taking a new/unique look at a similar topic. Granted, at this step, you could ignore the duplicate warning and post anyways...but I always thought this was a fairly helpful way to help avoid duplication of ideas. But I also tend to agree that there should be no "penalty" levied against new user who inquire about previously-discussed topics...maybe there could be some sort of "rewards" system set up for answering questions (like an ebay feedback concept) with no regard to the amount of time things have been discussed? - Tim -- http://www.clampants.com http://clampants.tumblr.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/clampants/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
