Billy, I like the idea of FAQ and Wikis.
Cindy, Wouldn't forcing the posts with all caps to be rewritten be equivalent to forcing the new posts to be delayed? In both cases, we are detecting behaviours that are recognized as "noise" and disallowing such behaviours. In your case, we would use pattern recognition, and in my case, we would simply assume that all posts are potential source of "noise". I understand your argument and respect your input, but to me it seems like your idea is fundamentally equivalent to mine; only difference is what we consider "noise". So far, my model is to 1. upon posting, ask for the title first 2. search the title and present the results 3. if the poster isn't interested in the results, let him/her post 4. if the post body is recognized as "noise"(too many caps, etc), reject the post 5. the post isn't publicized until the poster comes back in a few hours and reconfirms it 6. other users can flag the posts as "redundant" or "rude" so that moderators can act upon it 7. create a wiki and FAQ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
