Not a terrible idea. Hmm.
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From: [email protected]
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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 2:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ydn-delicious] Re: sharing all / privatizing all
Another idea of a compromise: how about a state between private
and
shared, where imported bookmarks are accessible to people who
specifically access your profile, but do not add up to the
global stats.
This way, people (like me...) who use del.icio.us more as a
storing tool
could consult their imported bookmarks without logging in.
Joshua Schachter wrote:
> I'm not sure that makes a lot of sense. Horrible UI, too.
>
> For what it's worth, the two other reasons for forcing privacy
on the
> imports are:
> a) people frequently have corporate-internal sites that
shouldn't be
> exposed and need to be checked by hand
> b) various places would get spammed by valid but boring links
from the
> various browser defaults.
>
> I like the idea of seeing all private items (perhaps an
automatically
> added tag) and want there to be an easier way to modify items
in bulk.
>
> We do see a great deal of spam activity currently.
>
> Joshua
>
>
>
>
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>
> From: [email protected]
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> [mailto:[email protected]
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> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 1:21 PM
> To: [email protected]
<mailto:ydn-delicious%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [ydn-delicious] Re: sharing all / privatizing all
>
>
>
> Hi Joshua,
>
> Joshua Schachter wrote:
> > We current do that on registration. You want us to have that
> on every
> > post too? How about the API, etc?
> >
> > The problem is deeper than you think, unfortunately.
> >
> I think the suggestion is not to do it on every post, but on
> every batch
> sharing operation.
> I guess it wouldn't help much, though, as we are not talking
> about
> robots, here, but humans.
>
> I have two suggestions:
> - use the anti-spam keyword idea, as suggested by somercamb,
and
> limit
> the batch operation to only 20, 50 or 100 bookmarks at a time.
> This way,
> for someone legitimately sharing a new import, it would be a
bit
>
> annoying, but not so much. For a massive spammer, it would be
> really
> annoying
> - keep a record of batch operation. That way, if spam is
> reported on
> such an operation, you could roll it back
>
> There is one question I'm wondering: what kind of spam are we
> talking
> about here, for what volume?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ben
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: [email protected]
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> <mailto:ydn-delicious%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:[email protected]
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> <mailto:ydn-delicious%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of
somercamb
> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 9:23 AM
> > To: [email protected]
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> <mailto:ydn-delicious%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [ydn-delicious] Re: sharing all / privatizing all
> >
> >
> >
> > if that is the answer, then why not create an anti-spam
> keyword
> > feature where you're forced to enter a word shown in a
> graphic,
> > like
> > so many websites and bloggers do already
> >
>
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