Richard, but you can't post to the documentation from without Rev. So to spam the documentation notes, you should be a revolution user. since the post carries RevOnline login with it, it would be trivial to quarantine abusive users. And less hours would be spent approving comments... :D
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Richard Gaskin <[email protected]>wrote: > Andre wrote: > >> I'd rather have an inverse approach where every comment is approved by >> default and we can flag the ones we think should be removed. >> > > I'm normally quick to agree with you, but on this one I think your good > nature may have you underestimating the potential for problems. > > There was a time on the forums when spam was a real problem. It seems to > be under control lately, but for a while in addition to offers on stolen > "discount" cell phones there were also a couple posts involving porn. > > Open systems invite sickos. Since RevOnline is an integrated part of the > product experience, I believe it's in their interest to require approval for > posts in the Dictionary. > > Such a decision requires a commitment of resources, however, since for > folks to remain motivated to use the feature posts should be approved > quickly. > > But requiring approval is something that I would do myself for content that > appears in my product. I would never want to get an angry email from a > parent letting me know my product exposed their child to pornography, and > unfortunately in the world we live in that's a risk. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > Revolution training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
