Posted by dougb on May 2, 2001, at 13:34:32
In reply to Re: How about filters?, posted by Dr. Bob on April 30, 2001, at 20:05:33
> > Due to the sheer volume of traffic usefull threads are swept out of site very quickly.
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> Well, that was the idea behind Psycho-Babble Tips:
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> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psycho-babble-tips/links
--Had not seen that yet, what are the mechanics though, do you have to 'manually' move threads over, and if so, is that tedious?Am assuming that might be the case as few of these threads-for-posterity.
> > "What category(ies) - (max-2/X)should this thread/(?)message be filed under for future reference?"
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> > This would take nothing away from the current system, would only add a single character field to your message database, and might be quite useful.
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> Because it would help with searching?
my thought had been; it would be an easy way to create many mini-forums, allowing one to read what has been said about just those threads about TR/Effexor/Withdrawl/Misc Rants/ETC, then when one clicks searches on that Category a digest-like summary with just the unique subject lines would come up, clicking on same would open the thread.Is it clear?
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> It wouldn't address the "useful" post issue. I suppose options there might include specific page access statistics or even ratings by members...
That's a great idea that would let one read just a certain level and above.See www.slashdot.org, for an effective implementation of something like that.
On that board there is a certain amount of 'waddya mean, my comment only rated a 1?' kind of thing, but over there it is minor.
In the Babble context however, you are dealing with many whose self-esteem may be traumatized by a rating system, i don't know, what do you think?
Doug B
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> Bob
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