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Title: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: gmaxwell on September 17, 2013, 02:21:41 AM Would it be really awful to regexp filter posts for something like^\w*[Ww]atching\.?\w*$ and deny the post and tell the user about the watchlist feature?
Title: Re: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: dserrano5 on September 17, 2013, 06:06:45 AM That would open a can of worms. Your regex as-is will catch too few posts (right?) and if it's made broader then it's very easy for it to trigger on posts like "Hey thanks for the information, I'll be watching that closely" and such. Sure it's a near useless post but his author is going to be informed about a Watchlist feature that has nothing to do with what he was talking about.
Title: Re: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: grue on September 17, 2013, 01:56:12 PM That would open a can of worms. Your regex as-is will catch too few posts (right?) and if it's made broader then it's very easy for it to trigger on posts like "Hey thanks for the information, I'll be watching that closely" and such. Sure it's a near useless post but his author is going to be informed about a Watchlist feature that has nothing to do with what he was talking about. what about categorizing posts like these as spam? Moderators would delete them on sight and send the author a polite message explaining the watch feature.Title: Re: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: Maged on September 17, 2013, 06:03:34 PM That would open a can of worms. Your regex as-is will catch too few posts (right?) and if it's made broader then it's very easy for it to trigger on posts like "Hey thanks for the information, I'll be watching that closely" and such. Sure it's a near useless post but his author is going to be informed about a Watchlist feature that has nothing to do with what he was talking about. what about categorizing posts like these as spam? Moderators would delete them on sight and send the author a polite message explaining the watch feature.Title: Re: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: EFS on September 17, 2013, 06:07:03 PM Also you should consider this Show new replies to your posts. thing. Even if I unwatch the thread I still see them there. I don't know if it's possible but it would be good if there is a button like unwatch, for not seeing unwanted threads there.
Title: Re: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: qwk on September 17, 2013, 09:33:16 PM Also you should consider this Show new replies to your posts. thing. Even if I unwatch the thread I still see them there. I don't know if it's possible but it would be good if there is a button like unwatch, for not seeing unwanted threads there. Something like "ignore thread" would definitely be nice, yep. Title: Re: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: qwk on September 17, 2013, 09:36:22 PM Just a suggestion for a "workaround":
Why not simply "hide" postings that only consist of the string "+1" or "-1" via css? That way, people could post their +1 to watch a thread, but it wouldn't annoy anyone? Also, scripts could build upon that, parsing posts for that particular css etc. Title: Re: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: Akka on September 17, 2013, 09:36:50 PM Also you should consider this Show new replies to your posts. thing. Even if I unwatch the thread I still see them there. I don't know if it's possible but it would be good if there is a button like unwatch, for not seeing unwanted threads there. Just enable "Automatically watch Threads I posted in" in you settings and use the Watchlist. Forget the "Show new replies to your posts." Function. IMO it should be removed entirely and "Automatically watch Threads I posted in" enabled set as default. Title: Re: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: theymos on September 17, 2013, 09:39:24 PM "Automatically watch Threads I posted in" enabled set as default. That is the default for new accounts. Title: Re: "Watching" posts, no longer needed can we kill them? Post by: Akka on September 17, 2013, 09:44:24 PM Thx.
Never mind my post then. |