It’s strange that with the incessant game theory analysis that goes on around here, anyone could think this is a good idea.
I’d rather filter the list by counts of votes, up or down. I’ve turned off filters as it is.
It will be interesting. I’d expect an increase of voting, which is good in itself, but probably that increase will be predominantly about gaming the system, and retaliating against perceived gaming. We’ll see how surly people get.
I wish some of the developers from the old Extropian list would implement their filtering mechanisms here. I didn’t use it much, but they seemed to put some decent thought into the function and mechanics of a ratings system, instead of just tossing out some knee jerk adjustment.
The longest running transhumanist email list in the world. Now entering its second decade, the Extropy-Chat (formerly “Extropians”) Email List is open to ExI members and non-members alike. It is a general-purpose discussion forum.
I actually think they’re entering their 3rd decade now. I was on it early to mid nineties.
They seem to have gone moderated—see “”EXTROPY-CHAT” LIST AGREEMENT:” on the right side of the page.
They had an elaborate user customized filtering mechanism. Usenet had regexp controlled field specific filtering. I think they built on that and went as far as transitive ranking—you could have a weighted filter of what selected people filtered.
To the extent that all the griping over signal to noise is about a desire to control what you see, and not control what others see and say, there are decades old solutions to discussion filtering. The fancy shmancy Web has been a marked deevolution of capabilities in this regard. It’s pitiful. No web discussion forum I know of has filtering capabilities even in the ball park of Usenet, which was available in the 80s. Pitiful.
Bingo.
It’s strange that with the incessant game theory analysis that goes on around here, anyone could think this is a good idea.
I’d rather filter the list by counts of votes, up or down. I’ve turned off filters as it is.
It will be interesting. I’d expect an increase of voting, which is good in itself, but probably that increase will be predominantly about gaming the system, and retaliating against perceived gaming. We’ll see how surly people get.
I wish some of the developers from the old Extropian list would implement their filtering mechanisms here. I didn’t use it much, but they seemed to put some decent thought into the function and mechanics of a ratings system, instead of just tossing out some knee jerk adjustment.
Let the Karma Wars begin!
What were the extropian mailing list filters?
Thanks for asking, because I didn’t realize the list was still in business.
http://www.extropy.org/emaillists.htm
I actually think they’re entering their 3rd decade now. I was on it early to mid nineties.
They seem to have gone moderated—see “”EXTROPY-CHAT” LIST AGREEMENT:” on the right side of the page.
They had an elaborate user customized filtering mechanism. Usenet had regexp controlled field specific filtering. I think they built on that and went as far as transitive ranking—you could have a weighted filter of what selected people filtered.
To the extent that all the griping over signal to noise is about a desire to control what you see, and not control what others see and say, there are decades old solutions to discussion filtering. The fancy shmancy Web has been a marked deevolution of capabilities in this regard. It’s pitiful. No web discussion forum I know of has filtering capabilities even in the ball park of Usenet, which was available in the 80s. Pitiful.