[wp-forums] Advertising services

[Otto]

The tag system works fine for me. I have a Firefox Live Bookmark for
the modlook tag. I check it every so often, it's handy and probably
the best way to signal me about some problem in the forums.

It's almost never necessary need to actually describe the problem in
any way. We're smart, we can see if there's an issue and deal with it.
A simple modlook flag to bring the thread to a mod's attention is
fine.

I'm not sure what the normal user capabilities are, but mods can
remove tags, so after we've dealt with it, we can remove the modlook
tag afterwards.

Note that some people try to use a "spam" tag. This is pointless, as
actual conversations about spam (like, say, convos about Akismet) also
get tagged spam. So just using "modlook" is best. We'll recognize when
it's spam. :)

-Otto



On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:46 PM, t31os <wp_t31os at t31os.co.uk> wrote:
> If the users can see the tags in use, they can abuse the system still,
> whether you use abc or fruitcake doesn't matter, once you see a tag
> repeatedly used then it's quite easy to guess what it's there for.
>
> Not a bad idea mind you, I can just see it only having a somewhat temporary
> effect, until everyone catches onto what it's there for, it's then back to
> square one. This also it doesn't address the issue of tag spamming on the
> forums in general.
>
> Whether this is really a serious problem remains to be seen as I personally
> have no insight into what happens on the back end of the forums, as I'm only
> a mere minion(user).
>
> Sam, Michael, Otto? What's your take on the problem, does spam tagging eat
> into your time on the forum a lot? Or is this more of a minor issue?
>
> [offtopic] - I see I missed some heated debate surrounding personal links.
> Such a shame to see things turn personal over something I'd consider a
> trivial matter, but I guess people can't agree all of the time. I think you
> guys made the right call, but then that's just my opinion for what it's
> worth.
>
> Rgds,
> t31os
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of esmi at quirm
> dot net
> Sent: 01 October 2009 10:24
> To: wp-forums at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-forums] Advertising services
>
> on 01/10/2009 02:58 t31os said the following:
>> How about limiting post tagging to either the topic starter, a user with X
>> amount of posts or X amount of registration time?
>
> Here's a random thought... what about using a much more cryptic tag? I
> came across a perfectly reasonable, single post, topic the other day
> that had been tagged modlook with the usual "this is an emergency" tone
> to it. It occurred to me that anyone who browses the forum may start to
> notice the modlook tags and figure them out. They could then use it
> under the mistaken apprehension that it gives them immediate access to
> some form of second line support.
>
> If it was changed to something like "xyz", the connection is less likely
> to be made and the tag abused.
>
> esmi
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