OSNews > Thread > "RE: Recommendation" by Eugenia

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th Feb 2007 21:15 UTC

After weeks of hard work, I would like to introduce you to version 1.0 of the "OSNews Style Guide: Rules and Guidelines for Publishing and Participating on OSNews" [.pdf]. Read on for some small notes on what this actually means.

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RE: Recommendation

by Eugenia on Mon 12th Feb 2007 22:05 UTC in reply to "Recommendation"

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2005-06-28

I don't personally agree with this. Besides, the articles will be out in the open via RSS, so even if locally an article is modded down, people will still have it in their RSS readers.

It will also be abused depending if a person is anti-apple or pro-apple (for example). Modding articles is a bad idea. OSNews is not digg.

Edited 2007-02-12 22:06

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RE[2]: Recommendation

by jptros on Mon 12th Feb 2007 22:13 in reply to "RE: Recommendation"

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2005-08-26

I agree, I would rather be the judge of what I think is worth reading rather than my peers deciding for me. If it's news it's news, besides Thom's PDF clearly states that the goal of OSNews is not to be biased so no reason to open the doors for it and we all know deep down someone is going to mod down stuff other folks think is interesting and worth a read.

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RE[2]: Recommendation

by DittoBox on Mon 12th Feb 2007 22:15 in reply to "RE: Recommendation"

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2005-07-08

'nuff said.

Digg has this problem because people who aren't trusted can start voting things willy-nilly. This encourages wide-spread abuse. Here, it would go south immediately; especially since the the OS debate is such a polarized argument.

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RE[3]: Recommendation

by Eugenia on Mon 12th Feb 2007 22:16 in reply to "RE[2]: Recommendation"

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2005-06-28

Exactly! Well said!

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RE[2]: Recommendation

by archiesteel on Mon 12th Feb 2007 22:49 in reply to "RE: Recommendation"

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2005-07-02

Modding articles is a bad idea. OSNews is not digg.

I completely agree. Digg is good at what it does, OSNews should keep doing its own thing.

I personally think the recommendation feature should stay as it is.

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