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Re: RFC: Hide Very Bad Answers From Visitors

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Jul 26, 2018 at 09:14 UTC ( [id://1219303]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to RFC: Hide Very Bad Answers From Visitors

Whilst I applaud the desire -- its one I've long held; and attempted by other means -- and especially your effort; I can't help but think: too little, too late.

To address the "Too little" part; I think any posts 'judged' -- by whatever mechanism is chosen -- to require 'some action', should be pre-fixed and post-fixed with a banner reading:

Warning: This post has been judged by the Community to be of low value; which means it could be misleading or outright incorrect. Treat accordingly!

And I think it should be applied to posts regardless of whether the viewer is logged in or not. Just because someone bothers to sign up and log in, does not mean they should be expected to have the requisite knowledge to discern pertinent posts from sundialisms.

And yes, I am very aware this will catch many of my own posts, including some recent ones that I believe gained their reps for the 'wrong reasons' -- ie. political rather than technical. So be it.

For the 'too late' part; it speaks for itself.

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Re^2: RFC: Hide Very Bad Answers From Visitors
by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 26, 2018 at 09:41 UTC

    My original suggestion was to have it appear similar to a reaped node, with a message like your example, where someone would actively have to click through to be presented with the post. This was intended to prevent search engine indexing of garbage and require the user to click a link to subject themselves to the content in question.

    "And I think it should be applied to posts regardless of whether the viewer is logged in or not."

    Good idea.

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