[sldev] Your Feedback Wanted on Search Flagging !
Jeska Dzwigalski
jeska at lindenlab.com
Fri May 2 17:08:48 PDT 2008
Heya,
Thanks for all the great thoughts everyone, very helpful! I wanted to
clarify that the Search Flagging described is for search listings -- not
inworld content, avatar or group profiles, land sales etc. - it is ONLY
for parcel listings, classified ads and events listings. Also, for those
who are concerned about abuse/griefing, here is some more detail on the
proposed design:
* If a listing is flagged as "Mature" by x Residents and is not marked
Mature, it will be automatically changed to Mature - it will not be
removed. Totally agree that more clarity is needed around what is
"mature" (and "prohibited") I will take that back to the Governance Team
as feedback.
* If a listing is flagged as "Prohibited" by x Residents, it will be
automatically taken down and reviewed by the Governance team. Prohibited
listings might include listings for gambling or child pornography.
* Not all accounts are able to flag search listings, anonymous basic
Residents or Residents who are under x days old will not be able to
participate in search flagging.
* Each account which can flag is only able do so once per search listing
and there is a limit to the amount of search listings each account can
flag per day.
* One account flagging a listing will NOT cause it to be automatically
removed
* Nominate for Showcase is that exactly - a nomination for review by an
editorial board for possible inclusion.
* Any classified ads that are taken down will be refunded (prorated for
time active), with notification
Are there any other restrictions to who can flag or when/how/etc anyone
can think of to help both prevent overt abuse while still helping stem
grievous abuse of search listings (see: current Event Calendar spam as
one example)?
Cheers,
Jeska
Innes McLeod wrote:
> I have some reservations about this system. It seems to me that, as
> has been mentioned, it can be abused to harass. To prevent it's use as
> harassment, you will have to add load to the database to record where
> every vote came from. The same will apply to the Showcase nominations.
> I can foresee hundreds of alts being created just for the sole purpose
> of voting up a single business.
>
> As it stands even with that system, if I see something that I feel is
> a serious offense I would still send a normal AR, instead of waiting
> for enough people to notice and hopefully cast their votes for the
> removal of the offending content. Generally, I only report for very
> obvious hate speech, or child related sexual material, and in my
> opinion both of those are to important to just have them sit waiting
> for enough votes.
>
> Something I would rather see would be an expansion of the categories
> that products or parcels can be listed under.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jeska Dzwigalski <mailto:jeska at lindenlab.com>
> *To:* sldev at lists.secondlife.com <mailto:sldev at lists.secondlife.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, May 02, 2008 12:35 PM
> *Subject:* [sldev] Your Feedback Wanted on Search Flagging !
>
> Hello!
>
> You've been asking us to do better with inappropriate content and
> content classification and we've been listening. In an effort to
> make our abuse reporting system easier to access and more
> effective, we are planning to introduce a flagging system for our
> search results - and we'd love to get your feedback.
>
> The new flagging system will help Residents to flag inappropriate
> postings for rapid removal, while preserving everyone's ability to
> express themselves freely in world.
>
> *How it will work*
>
> * First, when you post a classified, group, event or parcel
> listing, you will have to self-declare if your content is
> mature or not.
> * Second, every listing will have a "Flag This" link. You can
> use this to report inappropriate or mis-classified content
> or nominate great content for the showcase.
>
> *Flag Categories*
>
> * Mature - /the listing is adult only content/
> * Prohibited - /the listing contains content that is
> prohibited on SL/
> * Spam - /irrelevant listings (examples: commercial posts in
> non-commercial venues, event postings for non-events)/
> * Showcase - /nominate something for possible inclusion in the
> Second Life Showcase/ (http://secondlife.com/showcase)
>
> /[All listings will still have to follow the Community Standards
> <http://secondlife.com/corporate/cs.php> and Terms of Service
> <http://secondlife.com/corporate/tos.php>.]/
>
> *Types of listings that can be flagged*
>
> * Parcel listings
> * Classifieds
> * Events
> * You will not be able to flag avatar or group profiles
>
> *What happens when something is flagged*
>
> * Every flag counts as one vote for that flag category. While
> one (or few) votes does nothing, if a listing receives
> enough votes in that category, it will be auto-classified as
> reported.
> * Prohibited and spam content will be taken down immediately
> when it gets enough votes
> * When content is flagged several times, the content owner
> will be notified by SL support team and may be penalized
> according to Community Standards
> <http://secondlife.com/corporate/cs.php>
>
> *Anything else?*
>
> * Residents will be allowed to flag a particular search
> listing only once. You cannot change your vote, so flag with
> care
> * There will be a limit to how many times a day a Resident can
> flag search listings
> * Anonymous basic residents or residents whose accounts are
> less than x days old will not be able to flag content
> * Residents will still be able to report abusive content from
> inworld via the Abuse Reporting system under the Help menu
> * Of course, no system can be perfect, so if you think
> something was flagged in error, you can always file a
> support ticket for review
>
> Thats it. We hope that this will make content flagging more
> effective and will help the community better regulate what is
> appropriate and what is not.
>
> Please reply to this email with your thoughts and feedback on this
> proposed design!
>
> Cheers,
> Jeska, Kalpana and the LL Search Team
>
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> Community and Product Development, Linden Lab
> jeska at lindenlab.com
> http://www.secondlife.com
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