Posted by Solstice on November 28, 2010, at 18:38:04
In reply to Re: Delayed posting, posted by Dr. Bob on November 28, 2010, at 16:56:04
I love this idea. I know there have been times in my life when I could have used an email delay feature :-)
A mandatory delay could Really be a benefit to those who struggle with impulse control.. as well as anyone whose emotions are over-heated and they feel compelled to send that angry post. Maybe some posters would even want to opt for delayed posting as a profile feature (similar to opting out of facebook)... it could work on all their posts for whatever period of time they think they need that pause.
Solstice
> > I wrote a post making explicit profane threats against everybody that would have gotten me blocked for a century if I had posted it. Thankfully I waited a few hours till I cooled down before deciding whether to send it or not.
> >
> > I bet half of the people who got blocked, if they had a few hours to think about it wouldn't have written what they did.
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> > hyperfocus
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> > I wonder if it could be selectively enacted as part of the early block reduction?
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> > People might be more willing to have a delay than they would to have someone assigned to review their posts.
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> > Dinah
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> Thanks, I think this is an interesting idea. Of course, as you've both demonstrated, posters can already choose to delay posting. And if they don't, but come to regret that, they can apologize.
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> But as Dinah suggests, a mandatory posting delay might be a nice alternative to a mandatory civility buddy (or a block).
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> > this wouldn't be trivial to implement because it's extra work to write a batch job that runs every hour or whatever to scoop up posts in the queue
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> > hyperfocus
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> An easier way to implement it might be to not making delayed posting automatic, but to require the poster to return to the site to re-confirm it after the specified delay.
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> Bob
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