Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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With the resounding success of my "Tangent Tags" I have a new suggestion, which I bring before you now, most humbly, now.... no, NOW:
PROPOSAL Create a "check" system that allows the website to parse new thread titles, to eliminate non-descriptive titles. DETAILS A built-in dictionary (codenamed: Brad's SecretSauce™) that automatically checks submitted thread titles for real words or existing threads with similar verbiage, encouraging users to craft more descriptive titles or to place their posts in existing threads, ultimately resulting in better constructed threads and a reduction of duplicate threads. Also world peace. SAMPLE USAGE 1. User enters thread title: "Whooo!!" 2. Brad's SecretSauce™ parses thread title string for real words. 3. Finding no matches, Brad's SecretSauce™ cautions user that thread title may not meet Posting Guidelines and quotes the relevant Posting Guidelines warning. 4. User decides whether to embellish thread title before posting new thread. DISCUSSION (below) . |
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Are there really enough non-descriptive threads to merit this? I don't see that many, although that's perhaps because they are caught quickly by the mods.
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Oh it would be a complete bitch to integrate with the vBulletin software, and the mods do a fine job... would just be kind of keen to have the app check the thread title for duplicate threads and say "HEY, are you sure that you don't want to post this in one of THESE threads instead?"
It's really more of an idea for a vBulletin flourish... |
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reticulating your mom
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I'd hazard a guess that development and implementation of such a "Thread Title Engine" would require orders of magnitude more effort than is spent renaming vague topics.
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Drew just wants us to keep him from repeating this mistake again.
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Or members who don't follow the rules get to be murbot's bitch for a day.
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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::shudders at the memory of THE NIGHT WHEN EVERBODY'S NAME CHANGED::
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Location: Near Indianapolis
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Swedish Doom Metal, Chucker?
I think it fits.... somehow. |
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geri to my friends
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PS. I have some of my best laughs when you post drunk. Long may booze be your motivation. I used to be undecided.....But now I'm not so sure. No trees were harmed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Oh no mate, that's not mine... I'm just the enabler.
I Googled to see from whence Chucker's image sprang and listened to the clip from the site with hand held over the mute button, ready to dump it when it started sucking... but, it never did.... thanks to Chucker for the connection, though I'm not exactly certain what message he intended to send.... |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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How so? The word draconian comes from the Greek legislator Draco who was (in)famous for enacting outrageously harsh laws which sentenced people to death for most crimes. If a "title suggestion" is considered draconian, does that make our Posting Guidelines even worse?
The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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You know I think Chucker's right, that it would be very Draconian.... I realized that a lot of clever threads might get "profiled" by this "cop" on their way to publication, including mine (which aren't so very clever). As I was realizing this as I wrote the proposal, which is when the thought that it might be good as just a way to ask the thread-starter if their content matched threads that already existed, as happens on DiGG.com when you digg something.... but even THAT is Draconian.
The system works already. |
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As I understand it, Drew is proposing a filter that detects unacceptable titles. But what if the title is deliberately silly? What if it's a joke everyone appreciates and no moderator would mind? The board software still would. It's why I never understood boards that set up word filters… not only is it always possible to get around them by expressing yourself in subtler ways, but there are also frequently legitimate use cases for many filtered words. |
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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That was the original proposal, but as you've stated a machine is not humor-enabled. The secondary idea of a "hey, there may already be a thread about this" is... an idea. But don't you have a DAY JOB Brad?
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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Ummm. This is HARD! As in beyond the reasonable reach of the state in CS art today unless you want to accept a really sucky version that we will all complain about. Vociferously.
I vote we jot this down in the <cue Beach Boys> "Wouldn't it be nice" category and move on unless someone has the next few years of their career to spend on unfunded natural language processing. |
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is the next Chiquita
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Does anyone note the irony in the "Similar Thread" section below?
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Might be an interesting task for the spare cycles of the rampant AI that is the UberBrad. |
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Location: Texas
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I propose a 4 day long session of naming all threads with hideous accuracy, just to show how boring it would be.
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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And please, no more talk about Brad's "Special Sauce". That's just gross!
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Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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This was such a bad idea!
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Selfish Heathen
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