In article <lMBFj.13802$%15.3162@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Note that the only person who has ever (as far as I've seen) mentioned
> > that page here is Roy. It's also interesting that whenever he has
> > mentioned it before, it was right near a time when someone obviously
> > systematically modded down all comments critical of Roy and modded up
> > all Roy comments. Coincidence?
> >
> > Roy noticed the page is gone because Roy regularly uses that page.
>
> I think you're nuts, Tim.
Could be, but right around the time he first posted that, all my
comments on the first couple of pages of results there went down by one,
including ones in threads that were long past getting any activity. So,
it sure looks like someone suddenly discovered a tool for mass
moderating. It could have been someone who read the link Roy posted, of
course. Or it could just be a coincidence.
As far as using that page goes, note that if you are just interested in
keeping up with someone's comments in Digg, there are more useful ways
to do it.
1. Make them a "friend" on Digg. You can then easily check them, and
all your other friends.
2. Look at the comments page under their profile. Here's all my Digg
comments, for example:
<http://digg.com/users/harlowsmonkeys/history/comments>
You can get the comments, and the net moderation, with working links
back to the comment itself.
3. This tool shows you all the recent comments of a given person:
<http://garycarstensen.googlepages.com/comments7.html>
and, unlike the comments section on their profile page, gives you the
separate totals for up votes and down votes, and gives some statistics
on the comments. (It also provides a link back to the comments, but
that is not reliable. #2 is best for actually keeping up with someone,
friend or foe. The main use of #3 is stats and the details on
moderation).
The page Roy linked to was really only useful for mass moderating
someone comments. Those not interesting in mass moderating someone
else, when told about it, would most likely visit it once, see that it
isn't useful for legitimate purposes, and leave. I didn't even save a
bookmark to it, as I could see no reason to ever use it.
Yet Roy, who should have no reason to use it if he's not mass
moderating, finds out it is gone? And no, it's not because he suddenly
noticed his Digg comments aren't being modded down, because he mostly
stopped commenting on Digg. He did recently post a couple, and one
promptly went to -4, just like they used to. The other one was on-topic
and useful, so did not go down (just like his rare on-topic and useful
comments did not before).
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--Tim Smith
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