Hi Clinton,
The basis for it has been somewhat close to that used on the DMOZ, "People do a better job". It's one thing to have a machine look at the technical bits and spit out an answer. It's another to know a real person has done it, as well as looking across the range of other things they're doing. Seeing that someone recommended a feed is perhaps a bit more valuable than just knowing a spider picked it up. Likewise knowing that someone caught that a feed was acting up and offered to help is a lot better than some cron job spitting out ceaseless nag-o-matic messages bugging you about it. That said, the process does need refinement and we're working on better UI tools. Most notably will be some 'action' buttons on the right sidebar under the current validation button. Ones that will let you more quickly mark a feed for repair, dead or approved. It'll also bring up a questionnaire box when you mark one for repair instead of using just the notes tab. That and some more versatile reporting views. Being able to pick out feeds based on similarities and the like. Fundamentally the idea is that the participation of members of a community can have more value than mechanized processing. It's not without it's faults and backlogs are certainly one of them. -Bill Kearney Syndic8.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clinton Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've recently read comments in this.list stating Syndic8 is something like > 98,000 feeds in arrears due to a process that requires some form of approval > that must be conducted by a human operator. > > Can somebody discuss why that approval process was implemented and what > value it provides to all concerned? Are there some presumed or real > liabilities involved? What is the rationale? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/IRislB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
