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Post #195,383
by Another Scott
2/18/05 12:14:35 PM
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New If they'd have a separate category for "funny" it'd help.
The thing that bothers me most about /. is that a clear insightful comment earns the same amount as some stupid "[link|http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139878&cid=11710830|"funny"] comment. I try to browse /. occasionally, showing comments above 3 or 4, but sometimes it seems 80% of them are [link|http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139879&cid=11711174|"funny"] (even if the actual proportion is lower). It's maddening. They should have a checkbox to exclude [link|http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139859&cid=11710717|"funny"] posts in the displayed articles.

But of course they'd never do that...

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #195,385
by drewk
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2/18/05 12:20:27 PM
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New They do
you can configure your user preferences to ignore mod points for Funny. The problem is that the good comments are never seen, because the quick jokes pile up fast and furious, and by the time someone posts something thoughtful it's already buried.
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Post #195,390
by Another Scott
2/18/05 12:40:31 PM
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New How?
Do you have to be logged in to get that functionality? I can't see it in the settings visible to me.

I think I have an account in the low 4 or 5 digit range, but I haven't logged into /. in ~ 5 years or more. I'm not sure I remember my password...

Thanks.

Oh, and I agree about the diamonds being buried under the mountain of coal slag.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #195,469
by drewk
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2/18/05 10:47:38 PM
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New Yes, have to be logged in
If you care, you can enter your email and have your password sent, but it's really not worth it any more IMO.
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Post #195,471
by ben_tilly
2/18/05 10:50:59 PM
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New I'm in Scott's boat
Plus I'm sure that I've changed email addresses once or twice since I created that account. So I'm not getting it back.

On the plus side, I have several times the maximum allowable karma.

Cheers,
Ben
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Post #195,474
by drewk
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2/18/05 11:01:02 PM
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New Not any more you don't
Before I stopped reading it -- but not much before, now that I think about it -- they changed karma. Instead of showing an actual number it was just "Good", "Excellent", etc.
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     /. is down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - (broomberg) - (34) - Feb. 17, 2005, 09:18:21 PM EST
         It's up now... - (Another Scott) - (2) - Feb. 17, 2005, 09:28:13 PM EST
             Eye See Elle Argh Pedey (new thread) - (folkert) - Feb. 17, 2005, 10:15:30 PM EST
             Thenkyu, thenku very much -NT - (broomberg) - Feb. 17, 2005, 11:18:01 PM EST
         Uh, I care? - (admin) - (29) - Feb. 17, 2005, 11:15:41 PM EST
             You should - (broomberg) - (28) - Feb. 17, 2005, 11:18:46 PM EST
                 *yawn* -NT - (Yendor) - Feb. 17, 2005, 11:35:29 PM EST
                 Uh... - (admin) - (5) - Feb. 17, 2005, 11:44:34 PM EST
                     Oh, *slashdot*. Thanks for reminding me what /. means -NT - (FuManChu) - (4) - Feb. 18, 2005, 12:46:59 PM EST
                         Huh? It's a slash and a dot - WTF else COULD it mean?!? -NT - (CRConrad) - (3) - Feb. 19, 2005, 12:06:02 PM EST
                             Dry humor burns brightest--did you have to douse it? -NT - (FuManChu) - (2) - Feb. 19, 2005, 12:34:49 PM EST
                                 It's the famous CRC-o-Matic Frog-dissectotron! -NT - (pwhysall) - Feb. 19, 2005, 12:40:54 PM EST
                                 Works even better as humour if it actually is *funny*. HTH! -NT - (CRConrad) - Feb. 19, 2005, 06:18:26 PM EST
                 Huh? In what way? - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 18, 2005, 12:47:57 AM EST
                 Fine, them I'm the only /. type geek here -NT - (broomberg) - (19) - Feb. 18, 2005, 06:34:39 AM EST
                     Well, at least the only one obsessing over it, maybe. ;-) -NT - (n3jja) - Feb. 18, 2005, 07:55:48 AM EST
                     I go there daily. Feel better? ;-P - (imric) - Feb. 18, 2005, 08:32:21 AM EST
                     In my aggregator at bloglines - (ChrisR) - Feb. 18, 2005, 08:36:19 AM EST
                     Stopped going when they increased amount of mod points - (drewk) - (6) - Feb. 18, 2005, 11:58:49 AM EST
                         If they'd have a separate category for "funny" it'd help. - (Another Scott) - (5) - Feb. 18, 2005, 12:14:35 PM EST
                             They do - (drewk) - (4) - Feb. 18, 2005, 12:20:27 PM EST
                                 How? - (Another Scott) - (3) - Feb. 18, 2005, 12:40:31 PM EST
                                     Yes, have to be logged in - (drewk) - (2) - Feb. 18, 2005, 10:47:38 PM EST
                                         I'm in Scott's boat - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Feb. 18, 2005, 10:50:59 PM EST
                                             Not any more you don't - (drewk) - Feb. 18, 2005, 11:01:02 PM EST
                     No. - (folkert) - (8) - Feb. 18, 2005, 01:43:37 PM EST
                         And? - (admin) - (7) - Feb. 18, 2005, 02:55:01 PM EST
                             6420 -NT - (imric) - (5) - Feb. 18, 2005, 03:31:15 PM EST
                                 2300 -NT - (inthane-chan) - (4) - Feb. 18, 2005, 06:10:38 PM EST
                                     9225 -NT - (pwhysall) - (3) - Feb. 18, 2005, 10:34:15 PM EST
                                         Okay, that's enough willy-waving -NT - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 18, 2005, 10:45:28 PM EST
                                             :-) - (Another Scott) - Feb. 18, 2005, 11:10:55 PM EST
                                         1229 - (static) - Feb. 20, 2005, 09:50:42 PM EST
                             Wasn't willy waving... more like "No barry you are wrong!" -NT - (folkert) - Feb. 19, 2005, 01:59:42 PM EST
         never needed a ./ login, if its a good post - (daemon) - Feb. 18, 2005, 09:19:05 PM EST

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