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Comments on the dot
by T on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @18:20

To follow up on the blog linked to by Danny: I'd like to suggest that this post be my last, and that the dot stop accepting comments.

I'm not a KDE developer, so it's not like I'm proposing this because I can't take criticism of my work. It's because I can't take callous criticism of OTHER people's work without occasionally stepping in. So please, take mercy on the 98% of your users who love the work of the KDE devs/artists/packagers/translators, who feel compelled to wade through the morass each week just to try to restore some sense of decency and balance to the poisonous tone that has seeped in. Make that 98%'s lives easier by just shutting the dot down for comments.

All I want is a place to go to hear the latest news about KDE. We don't need comments for that.

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Re: Comments on the dot
by Danny Allen on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @18:32

Despite the occasional poisonous comment, I actually really look forward to reading comments on the Dot. I think we would lose something special if we removed comments completely.

What I would like to see is anonymous comments disabled, with an account required to post. This would also stop impersonation of posters.

P.S. This is the real Danny ;)

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Re: Comments on the dot
by Mark Kretschmann on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @23:09

100% agree. Disabling AC's, and maybe adding a moderation system.

We might just give Slashcode a try, it does all of that and more.

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Re: Comments on the dot
by Boudewijn Rempt on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @23:46

or do what LWN does and only allow paying subscribers to post comments -- that would help out two ways :-)

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Re: Comments on LWN.net
by gek on Tuesday 08/Apr/2008, @08:42

LWN.net _does_ allow comments from non-subscribers as "guests". However, if you cannot read an article meant (initially) for subscribers, you cannot comment on it, can you? :-)

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Re: Comments on the dot
by T. J. Brumfield on Tuesday 08/Apr/2008, @08:43

+1 Interesting

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Re: Comments on the dot
by Martin Fitzpatrick on Tuesday 08/Apr/2008, @06:48

Agreed. I posted something to this effect on the linked blog from the Digest. Anonymous posting is only needed when people are going to be "outing" something or posting on dangerous/contentious issues. The dot isn't for that... and I think removing the option to hide behind Anonymous postings would make people think a little harder about what they say.

I know it works for me anyway.

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Re: Comments on the dot
by Anon :) on Wednesday 09/Apr/2008, @08:38

"What I would like to see is anonymous comments disabled, with an account required to post. This would also stop impersonation of posters."
+1

and also possibility of removing topic which is totally offtopic and also trolling.

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Re: Comments on the dot
by Anon :) on Wednesday 09/Apr/2008, @08:48

Then "Compositioning effects wishlist =)" from this digest could be removed, it is just stupid offtopic

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Re: Comments on the dot
by Max on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @19:08

The dot did get meaner, but I think it's because KDE was opened to a wider audience.

It's not too bad yet. I don't think banning comments would be a great idea, as some people, such as me. Rather just post on the dot, and have qualified individuals repost ideas I like on bugreports, etc.

This way it gets filtered down from a user perspective - the dot, to a programmers perspective - bug reports. Everybody wins..

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Re: Comments on the dot
by Koral on Wednesday 09/Apr/2008, @14:30

your spam-topic "Compositioning effects wishlist =) " wasn't funy at all. Useless.

In bugzilla you have to think for a while and it would be more sane.

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