Jeff, That is an excellent suggestion! Maybe I can take your approach and adjust the timeout period according to the "usefulness" of the member(however we measure it).
And you're right that it'll work but people will hate me. Would you have some other suggestions that will help? <rant>During this discussion, I realized that what I'm fighting is "immaturity". Since a dominant character of immaturity is impatience, I'm using the patience of a poster to determine the level of maturity.</rant> On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:51:47, Jeff Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Calvin, > > An explicit "timeout" period for the new post isn't going to go > over well at all. It'll work but people will hate you. I wouldn't > recommend your approach, but if you're set on it I'd construct some > plausible deniability into the process. > > For instance, you might do the post confirmation via e-mail, and note > that the e-mail may take up to 24 hours to arrive. That makes the > actual 2 hour delay seem less harsh. Give them the option to cancel > and search instead. During the interim, they might find the answer > they're looking for and decide not to confirm the post when it > arrives. > > // jeff ________________________________________________________________ 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
