[sldev] [WEB][IDEA] Blog comments need "Ignore this user" feature

[SignpostMarv Martin]

I could add this with Gears + Greasemonkey. :-P

I would've already done this, but a convo with Gwyn on the topic of free 
speech changed my mind.

I'll consider doing it if there's sufficient demand :-)


~ Marv.

Opensource Obscure wrote:
> I just created http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-1074
> that is - 'Blog comments need "Ignore this user" feature'
>
> Please comment and vote it, if you agree this option 
> may be useful in some cases. 
> Here are some details about it.
>
> A relevant number of people use / abuse the blog comments. 
> Some examples:
> * slighlty offensive / provoking statements against other residents
> * bashing Linden Lab's work
> * going off-topic
> * asking help instead of using Support
> * complaining about bugs instead of using PJIRA
>
> I want to be able to 'mute' (on my side) those blog users 
> that I think are consistently abusing the comments system, 
> and / or using it to flame and start unuseful arguments.
>
> This is already working on the forum - I need a similar
> feature on the blog.
>
> As a non-english mother tongue reader, having to read many
> comments makes the blogs reading very hard to me. 
>
> Every tool that helps me to avoid unuseful comments is good.
> This can't be accomplished with technichal features, but -
> I found on the SL forums that "Ignore this user" is a very 
> helpful feature. After I read 3-4 comments by the same user
> and I find that all of them are stupid, offensive, or 
> simply 100% unuseful, I start "ignoring" that user.
>
> This can be good or bad on a subjective/individual point
> of view. But it's a good OPTION. I like to be ABLE TO do it.
>
> I'd like if I could do the same on the blogs.
>
> If I could hide comments by notorious trolls and whiners, 
> I'd have a much better blog experience. Otherwise, I will 
> probably have to stop reading blog comments.
>
> Note that this is not about moderation. I'm not asking
> for a more strict moderation about Linden Lab. I'm not 
> saying those users are infringing on any policy.
>
> I just want to make my SL experience _more predictable_ 
> (on blogs too).
>
> ;-)
>
> Opensource Obscure
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