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How Do You Deal With "Trolls"? (Geek Talk Post)
>> ^Thylan:
Oh, the abuse, siftquisitions, and rampant coment history downvoting to causes bans that would engender


It would have to be egregious. If 50 people down vote your comment. You're doing something wrong.



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Sweat...and get fit The best way to stay in great shape is (Howto Talk Post)
What? and cut into our sifting time? Are you crazy? I realize that this not spam - but this does seem kind of suspect and has nothing to do with videosift. I'm going for a summary admin *discard.


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This is Why I Love Rachel Maddow
Wow, there were real sparks there. You could tell that she really took personal offense - and to be fair he did have some valid points about raising the level of discourse all around.

Maddow is so in the tank for the Dems that it does almost seem like propaganda. And she can be very sarcastic and flippant - which I enjoy - but I can see how it would enrage people on the right.


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Bakalex (Member Profile)
I thought a lot of those were decent submissions. Look- they are your posts and we would never prevent you from removing them, but for ones that have conversations in them it's just a good idea to be cognizant of the fact that you are killing them too.

I may have been a bit harsh in my email - because I've seen a few sprees over the years- but the crux of it is that once you put something out there it effects other people as well - hate to sound preachy - but our actions on here don't exist in a vacuum. Having said that, if you really think the submissions are shit - kill away. The community is made up of a glomming together of subjective opinions.

In reply to this comment by Bakalex:
There were many submissions of my own that doesn't deserve to be in the sift. First of all, all the one in my personal queue (in a month, none of them come out, and, to be honest, they were all crap).

In other hand, many of my submission barely reach the sift. It's more like a pollution than a contribution. It's not because I like some kind of music that it deserve to be referenced by videosift. The first aim of this site, as i've understood when you created it years ago, is to find videos that are worth to be seen, as there's a lot of junk on the internet. But what i've been doing since i'm a member is just to post stuff I like. Subjectivity replaces my objectivity.

To sum up, this "kill spree" is more a clean-up i've always wanted to do about my own submission.

I hope you'll understand.

In reply to this comment by dag:
Any particular reason for your kill spree?



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How Do You Deal With "Trolls"? (Geek Talk Post)
I don't have a personal method - maybe technology can help though.

What if we temporarily suspend based on a threshold of negative comment votes? Just an idea to throw out there.


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Bakalex (Member Profile)
Any particular reason for your kill spree?


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Kristol: The Next GOP Rat To Abandon Ship
Has there ever been a "Tucker" who wasn't Republican?


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Conservatives Blame McCain As Obama Landslide Approaches
I'm worried about anyone calling "Landslide" based on polls. This might deter voters who think this is in the bag. The Bradley effect is real.


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Sammy Davis jr and the great African American tap dancers
*beg


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Constitutional_Patriot (Member Profile)
The reason I say it's a bit harsh is because I didn't want to ban Choggie.

If it was just a thread throwing dumb insults at me that wouldn't have resulted in a ban. But if you read the thread, Choggie was determined to do whatever it took to make me ban him, discards of member posts, down-voting of queues. Maybe he was looking for martyrdom- but I took no pleasure in the ban even if I think the actions he took are pretty self-centred and childish.

In reply to this comment by Constitutional_Patriot:
I'm sorry.. I'll retract some, you're right.. I never did specifically report it when they occurred. I guess I was just moody because Chog left.. some of his comments are very interesting.. like reading a cross between Poe and Shakespear sometimes lol.

In reply to this comment by dag:
Why do you say I don't give a shit? Deliberate queue down voting is something we've been serious about managing. Of course we only know about it when it's reported. Are you reporting something? That's pretty harsh on your part CP.

In reply to this comment by Constitutional_Patriot:
>> ^dag:
Semi-coherant insults will not get you banned. Down voting someone's queue however is a dick move. Your wish is granted Choggie.

As interesting as this has been- the admin headache is not worth it anymore.


O Rly?!? Par and qualm have done that to me on several occasions but I doubt you really give a shit Dag.

Farewell Chogster.







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Constitutional_Patriot (Member Profile)
Why do you say I don't give a shit? Deliberate queue down voting is something we've been serious about managing. Of course we only know about it when it's reported. Are you reporting something? That's pretty harsh on your part CP.

In reply to this comment by Constitutional_Patriot:
>> ^dag:
Semi-coherant insults will not get you banned. Down voting someone's queue however is a dick move. Your wish is granted Choggie.

As interesting as this has been- the admin headache is not worth it anymore.


O Rly?!? Par and qualm have done that to me on several occasions but I doubt you really give a shit Dag.

Farewell Chogster.







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siftbot (Member Profile)
I'm just going to do a little maintenance Sifty, can you sing "Daisy" for me?

In reply to this comment by siftbot:
Click the right box next time, meatbag.


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Eagle Eye: dumbshit pie (spoilers ahead) (Blog Entry by dag)
I'm holding out hope for City of Ember and The Day the Earth Stood Still

I know, I know, Keanu. But don't forget the Matrix - the best SF movie of the last 10 years. (as long as you deny that there were ever any sequels)


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Personal Top Channels Has Changed (Books Talk Post)
1. Comedy - 2039 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Everything geek - 1409 votes received (geek talk)
3. Politics - 1369 votes received (politics talk)
4. Music - 939 votes received (music talk)
5. Viral Ads - 682 votes received (viral talk)
6. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 676 votes received (1sttube talk)
7. From Asia with Love - 605 votes received (asia talk)
8. Cinema - 580 votes received (cinema talk)
9. The Happy Channel - 443 votes received (happy talk)
10. Commercial Sift - 425 votes received (commercial talk)


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Blonde can't see her chips because of.... (Nando's Ad)
It may still be playing in Australia - as Nando's plays off its SA brand (though I don't have a TV so haven't seen it and Oporto is better anyway.)


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