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guslWe need to find a balance between welcoming beginners and not annoying the hell out of the experts. Can't someone come up with mechanisms for this?
Beginners can sometimes be annoying, but they could easily be filtered out by those who don't like them. It seems most people keep a reputation system, about how much they respect each person.
The ignored person should ideally know who is ignoring them (filtering them out), and it should also be possible to label your messages in such a way as to indicate the probability of annoyance (statements, in the case of chat rooms). As usual, what I'm asking for is just collaborative filtering.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/7060ad1dc1defc9c
Beginners can sometimes be annoying, but they could easily be filtered out by those who don't like them. It seems most people keep a reputation system, about how much they respect each person.
The ignored person should ideally know who is ignoring them (filtering them out), and it should also be possible to label your messages in such a way as to indicate the probability of annoyance (statements, in the case of chat rooms). As usual, what I'm asking for is just collaborative filtering.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/7060ad1dc1defc9c
My _actually_ expressed motive, not the Coby Beck rewrite, is to drive
_stupidity_ out and make it so painful to act stupidly that people
stop being stupid.
...
I want a technically stimulating forum. When push comes to shove,
that is what most other people want here, too. However, USENET is a
virtual _magnet_ for idiots and opinionated air-heads,
...
Most people accept stupidity and incompetence in every form they come
across because they would rather be seen as easy-going and friendly
than to get what they pay for and want.