On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Laura <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is likely a technical headache but might address some of the use
> issues....
>
> Allow a user to import THEIR posts from an other-site community.
> Regardless of other posts in the comm. Allow import to a personal
> journal (may need to handle
> Multiple import if it doesn't now - I might want all my u...@lj stuff
> plus my communit...@lj stuff in my u...@dw account).
>

This would mean you don't get any of the comments associated with that post.


>
> Allow import to a DW community if the user maintains the community or
> the maintainers have aithorized the user for imports (similar to
> posting rights).


1) Can you imagine what a freaking headache this would be for maintainers of
communities with 1000+ users?
2) The maintainer cannot give permission for you to republish a third user's
copyrighted text (posts/comments). You don't need the maintainer's
permission to republish your own copyrighted text.


> Allow maintainers to permit free imports or
> handshake. In handshake I try to import all my posts from community x
> @ LJ (or whatever). DW confirms I can (that they're my posts) and then
> stops.


How? Especially if you've changed usernames and/or changed email addresses?
What if someone tries to fake being you?


> It tells the maintainers that user a...@dw wants to import user
> b...@lj's posts from community x. They can then authorize or deny. If
> they authorize, DW notifies me and gets anything needed to perform the
> actual import at that point.
>

Again: Not the maintainer's permission to give. And it would be impossible
to track down (and obtain permission from, and have a record of permission
from) every user who made every post and every comment in the community.

~ Rachel

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