13-11-2001 01:33									#1
	Some more features that should be disabled... Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

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 on 13-11-2001 at 01:49

	13-11-2001 02:02									#2
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I don't understand how the thread ratings work

How do you rate a thread?

	13-11-2001 02:05									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse I don't understand how the thread ratings work How do you rate a thread?

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)

	13-11-2001 02:28									#4
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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

	13-11-2001 02:30									#5
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Good points GP.

	13-11-2001 02:34									#6
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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.)

	13-11-2001 02:35									#7
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quote: Originally posted by *End Is Forever* Good points GP.

Thanks, guys!!

*GP basks*

	13-11-2001 03:33									#8
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Okay, well how come I see thread ratings on some threads when I haven't rated any?

	13-11-2001 04:20									#9
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quote: 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.

I bet:

3. The GP script for constant whining about branching threads

...should be disabled. A real hog of server resources

	13-11-2001 04:20									#10
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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?

	13-11-2001 05:20									#11
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I rated this thread

	13-11-2001 05:26									#12
	Re: Some more features that should be disabled... Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

quote: Originally posted by GP 1. e-mail notification of threads

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)

quote: 2. thread ratings.

ratings are used for the civ3-files forums
even if they werent, they dont add much...

	13-11-2001 06:31									#13
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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.

	13-11-2001 06:51									#14
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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".

	13-11-2001 07:04									#15
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I was using t i t in a non-dirty way...

	13-11-2001 11:08									#16
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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.

	13-11-2001 12:29									#17
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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...

	14-11-2001 07:31									#18
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GP- apolyton has already disab led the cursing factor
no more t1t-for-tats here

	17-11-2001 20:28									#19
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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!

	17-11-2001 21:48									#20
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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.

	17-11-2001 22:58									#21
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test-

titantic

was that censored?

	19-11-2001 01:59									#22
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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)

	19-11-2001 02:45									#23
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You could disable search in the OT

	19-11-2001 11:48									#24
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if the server is handling things now, why disable any more services???

	19-11-2001 18:58									#25
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I want the email notification to stay, but the rating just don't make any sense at all.

	20-11-2001 18:46									#26
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Disable the post counter.

That should take off major load [of people trying to reach that next level].

	21-11-2001 19:49									#27
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quote: Originally posted by aaglo Disable the post counter.

blasphamy !!!

	21-11-2001 19:55									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Rasputin blasphamy !!!

...you can find when you look inside your trousers

	21-11-2001 20:09									#29
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quote: Originally posted by aaglo ...you can find when you look inside your trousers

not much to see down there !!