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Remove Option of Deleting Posts Left on your Weblist

reviewed by Wiseguy

When you create a weblist you have the option of deleting certain comments left on there. Does that feature undermine the purpose of RIA and should it be removed as a result?

Wiseguy
06/17/2009

Remove Option of Deleting Posts Left on your Weblist 4

The threads on some of my reviews get bogged down with crap that has nothing to do with the topic. Youtube allows users to own their threads and delete off topic and abusive comments. It works good.

Update: This is a good example of getting a disagree (Automatt) for no good reason. Youtube allows its users to get rid of abusive crap comments.(which I like) Matt say he disagrees with me ( because he likes me soo much) RIA does the same thing, they just don't allow the member to do it. I'm sure Matt enjoys reading comments about motorcycles on a political post.

Thanks for being crystal clear.

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Lena commented 161 days ago.
genuinely curious: would you care less about a thread going to shit if you had the ability to turn off e-mail alerts on a review-by-review basis?

I'm wondering if this is more about thread integrity or annoyance?

Wiseguy commented 160 days ago.
I doubt your curiosity is genuine, and I can tell that you haven’t read my posts concerning this issue, and others that were similar, like the most helpful reviewer disaster. I was one of a few reviewers who cared enough to cause a stir over that when I had no dog in the race.

Wiseguy commented 160 days ago.
No,Matt. It started when you were just being your usual smart ass self.

Lena commented 160 days ago.
For the record, my curiousity -was- genuine :(

Anyhow. I can read your archive and draw conclusions if you'd prefer.

Wiseguy commented 160 days ago.
I don't get email alerts.

Just for the record: Off topic comments = less thread integrity = annoyance. It's a logical progression, but in the wrong direction.

Lena commented 160 days ago.
Thanks for sharing your feedback, Wise. It's helpful to try and identify the root cause of annoyances with this feature as we start to think about ways of improving commenting on the site.
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