Oh okay, that makes a lot more sense then... although I'd suspect they'd want to keep that data as a record of the poster throwing allegations around... but that's a whole other story...
> Oh, are you talkng about the bottom trash can? I believe > the that is what > happens if the subject of the email denies the allegation > (ie Bill is > bopping interns) and the poster of the information does > not reply to the > email asking them if they stand by the information. If the > poster says that > they *do* stand by the information, then the information > is posted and > marked as denied. > It's a pretty interesting idea if I understand it; and it > has some > safeguards in it. > Dana > Dana Tierney writes: >> I thought that the first time I looked at it. >> >> However, I believe you are looking at what happens if you >> do not answer the >> confirmation email after you post information. In other >> words say I have >> info I am dying to share. I post it and receive an email >> asking me to >> confirm that I made the post. If I do not reply to the >> confirmation email >> the post is trashed. If I do, the subject of the >> information is contacted >> and asked to comment. From then on the info cannot be >> deleted. However, >> before some of you rush out to make posts about >> politicians or institutions >> you don't like, the idea is to use ebay's model of >> self-policing; in other >> words, you on reading a juicy morsel, will be less >> inclined to believe it >> if it comes from someone who has never posted before or >> who has made posts >> which have been refuted. >> >> Dana >> >> S. Isaac Dealey writes: >> >> > Looks to me like according to the workflow diagram at >> > the bottom that anything that would reflect negatively >> > on someone just ends up in the trash after a week or >> > 2... Makes me wonder why they say that nothing gets >> > deleted and then they're using trash-can icons (usually >> > associated with deletion) on their workflow diagram... >> > >> > > A bunch of publications have picked up the story now >> > > and >> > > the server was >> > > down (overloaded?) for a while earlier, but I think >> > > this >> > > is a really >> > > excellent idea by people who have the resources to >> > > carry >> > > it out. I >> > > certainly plan to use it. >> > >> > > I also like the touch of allowing information to be >> > > refuted but not >> > > deleted, as in FBI files :) >> > >> > > http://opengov.media.mit.edu/data.htm >> > >> > > Dana >> > > But I don't make films >> > > But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked >> > > Ladies >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > > ~~~~~ >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~| >> > > Archives: >> > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forum >> > > id=5 >> > > Subscription: >> > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. >> > > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 >> > >> > > This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by >> > > CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion >> > > Hosting. >> > > http://www.cfhosting.com >> > >> > > Unsubscribe: >> > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns >> > > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 >> > >> > new epoch http://www.turnkey.to >> > >> > lead architect, tapestry cms >> > http://products.turnkey.to >> > >> > tapestry api is opensource >> > http://www.turnkey.to/tapi >> > >> > certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer >> > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=2181 >> > 6 >> > >> > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up > with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
