November 12, 2001, 16:33
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Some more features that should be disabled...
1. e-mail notification of threads
2. thread ratings.
Every little bit helps. I have a lurking suspiscion that e-mail notification would actually be substantial...
Discuss.
Last edited by TCO; November 12, 2001 at 16:49.
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November 12, 2001, 17:02
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I don't understand how the thread ratings work 
How do you rate a thread?
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November 12, 2001, 17:05
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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I don't understand how the thread ratings work
How do you rate a thread?
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The thread rating menu is at the bottom left of each thread window  (damned if I know what the point of rating threads is though)
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November 12, 2001, 17:28
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good suggestions, GP.
email notifications are totally and utterly unnecessary... so are thread ratings... which user has ever decided whether or not to read a thread based on a rating? we could as well introduce poster ratings... voilà the popularity board 
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November 12, 2001, 17:30
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Good points GP.
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November 12, 2001, 17:34
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I get the impression that Markos has some love for the thread ratings. Just like for the link ratings. But most people consider the thread ratings an eyesore. I think this is a minor issue (but some of the other features turned off were minor also. "Every little bit helps!")
The e-mail notification turnoff might do a lot of good. I suspect that it takes a reasonable amount of power for this. (It certainly gives a pause and gives error messages, and it requires a callup to another part of the computer to send an email out, means that there is a check against several different users preferences, etc. etc.)
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November 12, 2001, 17:35
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Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
Good points GP.
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Thanks, guys!!
*GP basks*
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November 12, 2001, 18:33
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Okay, well how come I see thread ratings on some threads when I haven't rated any?
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November 12, 2001, 19:20
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Re: Some more features that should be disabled...
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Originally posted by GP
1. e-mail notification of threads
2. thread ratings.
Every little bit helps. I have a lurking suspiscion that e-mail notification would actually be substantial...
Discuss.
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I bet:
3. The GP script for constant whining about branching threads
...should be disabled. A real hog of server resources  
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November 12, 2001, 19:20
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i think you see ratings if anyone has rated it.
To prove GP's point, i rated this thread. Does this help people decide if it's a good thread?
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November 12, 2001, 20:20
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I rated this thread 
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November 12, 2001, 20:26
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Re: Some more features that should be disabled...
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Originally posted by GP
1. e-mail notification of threads
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many do use the feature, but it will be considered if things get worse. today the server handled over 900 people without problems(and with search and OT enabled)
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2. thread ratings.
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ratings are used for the civ3-files forums
even if they werent, they dont add much...
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November 12, 2001, 21:31
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Yes, kill the email notification 
and the thread ratings- those are useless.
And- another suggestion- scale everyone back to the "light" style.
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November 12, 2001, 21:51
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No don't scale back to light. The feature of seeing last person who posted in a thread is extremely useful to know who else is online and to respond when in a ***-for-tat flame war. (I mean "strong discussion").
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November 12, 2001, 22:04
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I was using t i t in a non-dirty way...
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November 13, 2001, 02:08
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I say separate the changing parts of webpages from unchanging parts (e.g. CSS, JavaScript). That probably won't help CPU loading much, though it does cut down on bandwidth usage.
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November 13, 2001, 03:29
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Yezzz...away with the thread ratings... 
They just look stupid and unnecessary in Light style...I'd rather have "Last poster" than "Thread Rating" in Light style... 
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November 13, 2001, 22:31
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GP- apolyton has already disab led the cursing factor
no more t1t-for-tats here
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November 17, 2001, 11:28
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I agree with both.
Markos, How can any one stand the e-mail notification thingy?
I had it on for 4 days and it spammed my e-mail with dozens of letters per day!
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November 17, 2001, 12:48
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Thread ratings are useless. They might represent the opinion of 1 person. Unless you have a sufficient sample size, they are statistically insignificant. And just what is the basis that you would rate a thread? I just don't get these thread ratings. 
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November 17, 2001, 13:58
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test-
titantic
was that censored?
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November 18, 2001, 16:59
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I like the e-mail notification, particullary for story threads in the AC-Fiction forum. I also liked them because I was on a spiffy net connection via my university that meant I could be online 100% of the day (and night) and e-mail notifications meant I could reply within minutes of a post. Essential for spam threads which can move along at a pace of about 30 posts in as many minutes...
On second thoughts, prehaps it would be a good idea to disable automatic thread notification, and only have the ability to manually specify a thread to get updates from.
I concur that ratings are a load of dogpile. For a start they only work when the ratings are made seriously (to illustrate my point I'll rate this thread a 1)... and... maybe a second point isn't needed, but I think #views and #posts gives a fairly good indication of how popular a thread is... altough a thread could be good, but not popular, but everyones definition of 'good' is different, so in the end it still achieves nothing...
(shutting up now)
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November 18, 2001, 17:45
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You could disable search in the OT
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November 19, 2001, 02:48
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if the server is handling things now, why disable any more services???
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November 19, 2001, 09:58
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I want the email notification to stay, but the rating just don't make any sense at all.
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November 20, 2001, 09:46
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Disable the post counter.
That should take off major load [of people trying to reach that next level].
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November 21, 2001, 10:49
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Originally posted by aaglo
Disable the post counter.
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blasphamy !!!
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November 21, 2001, 10:55
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Originally posted by Rasputin
blasphamy !!!
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...you can find when you look inside your trousers 
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November 21, 2001, 11:09
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Originally posted by aaglo
...you can find when you look inside your trousers
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not much to see down there !!
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