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reply posted on 8-6-2009 @ 11:46 AM by earlywatcher
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flagging seemed more based on the person who opens the thread than content. maybe it's little groups of people flagging and starring each other.
I've seen some very ordinary threads with multiple flags even though there end up being few replies because there is little to say or even speculate
about. other threads just as interesting get almost no attention. no flags suggests a thread not worth bothering with. it's not that i'm objecting
to flags, only flag inflation. same with stars. i've seen one line posts with multiple stars, and certain posters get multiple stars on their posts
no matter if the posts adds to the thread or not. i have no solution to offer, just the observation that it defeats the purpose of the flags and stars
to award them to individuals rather than the actual thread or post.
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reply posted on 8-6-2009 @ 12:30 PM by alttracks
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It's pretty bad when a thread author has the next three posts as his own sock puppets, both giving the author praise and negative reply.
These people must have a lot of time on their side and a strange personility to be basically "talking to themselves".
Many of these threads only serve to act as trolls to stir up the members who actually contribute to the site.
Although, on the conspiracy side, are they acting as disinfo agents? Are they deflecting the site to silly questions and answers? While the real
content is getting hidden by "junk" content?
I've also noticed some forum threads that seem to be trying to get members to post content that could get them into problems with law enforcement
"homeland security" types.
Why are these posts getting loads of stars?
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reply posted on 8-6-2009 @ 12:38 PM by SkepticOverlord
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Originally posted by alttracks
These people must have a lot of time on their side and a strange personility to be basically "talking to themselves".
That's a bannable offense here on ATS, and we have indeed terminated user accounts for activity such as you describe. If you believe this is truly
happening, please use the alerts to let our staff know.
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reply posted on 8-6-2009 @ 08:40 PM by mmiichael
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From my anecdotal sampling on ATS I see a division of kids and adults.
The kids, teenagers, college students, gosh wow types, appear to be greater in number these days. They are avid posters of threads and questions.
They seem to get into the report card aspect, starring, flagging, adding friends, etc.
The more mature members, professionals, experts in certain areas, more politically sophisticated and generally more skeptical, provide much of the new
information and particular insights.
They aren't into the game aspect of it and often have lower point scores, less stars, etc.
While the mix of the types makes for interesting encounters, those wanting to have serious discussions often get shouted down, accused of being
disinformation agents, or just ignored.
I notice a lot of them taper off or just stop posting after awhile.
This may not be immediately perceptible to the staff, as numbers are up as well as activity. But I think this contributes to a dilution of the
content quality.
Thoughtful knowledgeable exchanges are valuable commodities. They need to be cultivated and encouraged.
Mike
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reply posted on 9-6-2009 @ 05:30 AM by serbsta
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Originally posted by mmiichael
From my anecdotal sampling on ATS I see a division of kids and adults.
The kids, teenagers, college students, gosh wow types, appear to be greater in number these days. They are avid posters of threads and questions.
They seem to get into the report card aspect, starring, flagging, adding friends, etc.
The more mature members, professionals, experts in certain areas, more politically sophisticated and generally more skeptical, provide much of the new
information and particular insights.
They aren't into the game aspect of it and often have lower point scores, less stars, etc.
While the mix of the types makes for interesting encounters, those wanting to have serious discussions often get shouted down, accused of being
disinformation agents, or just ignored.
I notice a lot of them taper off or just stop posting after awhile.
This may not be immediately perceptible to the staff, as numbers are up as well as activity. But I think this contributes to a dilution of the
content quality.
Thoughtful knowledgeable exchanges are valuable commodities. They need to be cultivated and encouraged.
Mike
I hope i shouldn't feel guilty for being part of the 'teenager' group but i sincerely agree with your post. If i could star you 20 times over i
would as i've seen the exact thing with members who i thought had very interesting and intellectual standings. Cheers.
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reply posted on 9-6-2009 @ 03:28 PM by ravenshadow13
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I'm part of the "teenager" group, too. Don't feel guilty. There are great teen posters, and poor teen posters... just like there are great adult
posters, and poor adult posters.
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reply posted on 13-7-2009 @ 03:12 AM by uswgo
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sounds like a great idea, a flag system for articles that have a lot of evidence and good information which the people would really like. So in other
words if people think it's a very good article it rises to the top.
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reply posted on 17-7-2009 @ 02:36 PM by cgijag
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S&F i enjoyed this post Chembreather. look forward to future ones. 
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reply posted on 7-9-2009 @ 11:54 AM by Jessicamsa
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I have a question about the flags. I thought that once you flagged a thread, that it would show somewhere what you have flagged so that you could
find the thread again? I have looked through my account though and have not found these again, but I thought for sure that I used to be able to see
what people have flagged in their profiles.
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reply posted on 7-9-2009 @ 12:00 PM by masqua
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No, it doesn't work that way.
What you need to do is click the 'Subscribe' button which is in the same location as the flag button is.
Once you do that a new button appears to 'Unsubscribe' if you are tired of reading the thread.
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reply posted on 7-9-2009 @ 12:29 PM by Jessicamsa
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Originally posted by masqua
reply to post by Jessicamsa
No, it doesn't work that way.
What you need to do is click the 'Subscribe' button which is in the same location as the flag button is.
Once you do that a new button appears to 'Unsubscribe' if you are tired of reading the thread.
Oh ok. Thank you.
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reply posted on 7-9-2009 @ 01:26 PM by kinda kurious
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deleted by KK posted to wrong thread.
[edit on 7-9-2009 by kinda kurious]
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reply posted on 18-9-2009 @ 12:01 AM by PhotonEffect
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I seem to have forgotten how to view my flagged threads. Can someone pleas explain?
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reply posted on 18-9-2009 @ 12:54 AM by schrodingers dog
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Someone from staff may want to confirm this, but I believe they did away with that feature a few months ago. I think the only way to now keep track
of threads that interest you is to subscribe to them.
Hope that helps a little.
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reply posted on 18-9-2009 @ 06:05 PM by PhotonEffect
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Thanks schrodingers. I for one preferred the other way much better.
They should consider setting it up so that when you flag a thread you also automatically subscribe to it. It's going to be quite difficult now trying
to remember all the threads that I've flagged as interesting...
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