On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 04:23:30PM -0400, Evan Prodromou wrote: > This is not, actually, a good idea. > > First, it's based on an incorrect assumption -- that "repeating" a notice > will repost it to the same groups it's already been sent to.
It only takes the user to be in one group of the many for it to spam that group. Someone else sees the post, who is a member of all the group, and reposts. Over and over it happens, sometimes going to the group, sometimes not. It's definetly more than once, which is more than needs to be. > That's incorrect! IF CLIENT SOFTWARE USES THE REPEAT API, this will not > happen. > > If the client software does not use the repeat API, then it's going to get > reposted to each group and each mentioned user. > > The way to fix this problem is to encourage client developers to use the > repeat API. If you know of a client that doesn't do this, let us know, and > we'll put the hammer on them. Can you explain the repeat API and how it won't send the post to the group? Is the identi.ca site using the repeat API? Because, as people press the button, it reposts the notice to the groups they're members of. > Lastly, it's simply incorrect to replace group tags with hash tags. Group > tags are addresses, just like mentioned users are addresses. Unfortunately, while groups are great for on-topic discussions, they see A TON of spam, mostly from RT/RD. It's highly annoying. > It would be incorrect to change "@evan check this out" to "#evan check > this out", and it's incorrect to change "!group check this out" to "#group > check this out". evan "check this out! !gnu !linux !ubuntu" foo "RT @evan check this out! !gnu !linux !ubuntu" bar "RT @evan check this out! !gnu !linux !ubuntu" baz "RT @evan check this out! !gnu !linux !ubuntu" versus evan "check this out! !gnu !linux !ubuntu" foo "RT @evan check this out! #gnu #linux #ubuntu" bar "RT @evan check this out! #gnu #linux #ubuntu" baz "RT @evan check this out! #gnu #linux #ubuntu" All it takes is each of those users to be a member of at least one of those groups, and it gets spammed. -- . o . o . o . . o o . . . o . . . o . o o o . o . o o . . o o o o . o . . o o o o . o o o
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