A Pre-History of Slashdot

Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot by jessriedel on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:42AM (#15410044)

I read the Slashdot FAQ on the Friend/Foe system, but I still don't understand it. Is the idea just that it lets you filter a comment thread to emphasize comments written by people you're interested in (friends)? Does it hide the comments of foes?

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Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot by maxerickson on Thursday October 05, 2017 @01:43PM (#15410992)

Yes, alter the displayed scoring.

Also based on the 2nd degree information, friends of friends and such.

I would use it behind the scenes to look for bad accounts too. Someone with lots of foes would be a candidate for some silent moderation.

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Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot by snerbles on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:43AM (#15410060)

Slashdot's score weighting is configurable. You could even add a positive score offset to foes.

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Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot by digi_owl on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:45AM (#15410078)

The impression i have is that it gives fores a personal -1 on their comment score. So unless they get some +1s from others, or you have set /. to show everything, they will vanish below the breakpoint.

Note though that anyone can look up who has them flagged as foe on /..

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