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- More permanent verification that an entry has properly been placed in a community's moderation queue
- If this includes an actual copy of the entry's text, a better chance for the poster to catch errors after the fact and then (if necessary) perhaps contact the moderator to ask them to reject the entry
- Less confusion when the poster tries to post a subsequent entry in the same community but receives an error message due to the original entry not having been acted upon yet
- I think there are others, but I'm too braindead to think of them right now
- As usual, the time and trouble to code this
- Extra bandwidth and possible strain on LiveJournal's POP (or outgoing email) server for more notifications sent out
- Possible extra space taken up in the user's Message Center
- Again, there are most likely a plethora of issues that haven't even come to mind, but again, I'm too braindead to think of them, sorry ^^;;
- Fewer notifications sent
- Fewer notifications to dismiss/delete/clear through
- Harder to save just the one notification about the one userpic you particularly liked
- Probably not easy to do in ESN if it's for userpics uploaded in the same hour (or other arbitrary time period) rather than userpics uploaded in bulk
- Convenience, mostly. Judging by most of the comments in the latest posts, I'd say a good deal of people agree on this.
- None.
- Could be fun.
- Women and people of races would be acknowledged.
- Jazz up the old Livejournal bust.
- Might get confused with
(which is apparently a white man with a green shirt for official LJ people).
- Won't be consistent and could confusing. Might not make every one happy with choices
- How to implement and allow people to choose.
- Reduction of trolling, flaming and general harassment of members in vulnerable communities.
- Reduction of "fake", multiple LJ accounts from users.
- Stronger feeling of safety from members.
- Inability to see how popular communities are with this feature enabled
- Members would not be able to see if perhaps someone they do not get along with is part of the community.
- Could use a style depending upon one's mood or the season
- not sure of issues
- Better user experience
- Fight with spam accounts which used video or graphic images won instantly !
- Spam bots might use unusual video service, it takes time to maintain a list of such services
- Server program need more time for analyzing user input
- The greatest part is the benefit that both of us would receive-- money!
- You get money from me.
- I give money to you.
- This idea takes off and I get a lifetime account? That's a good deal.
- Here's a problem, I don't have a really great job. I mean, it's ok, I have fun and stuff, @ Spacecat in San Jose CA, so if you like what I wrote here you should contact me @
- chudbabies@gmail.com
- thanks!
- Intuitive
- Unlikely to be that much work
- Good useful-to-effort ratio
- It might break in entertaining ways at first with special characters in tag names, so it could take a bit more doing than expected
- It's one of those invisible little things that doesn't bother you until you notice it could be better, so motivation to make it happen might not be very high.
- More convenience and quicker notification for the ex-member in question
- As always, the time and trouble for developers to code this and set up the notification system to handle this new notification type
- To make it commensurate with the "defriending" notifications, this should probably also be available only to Paid or Permanent accounts
- Maybe a little more risk of drama over getting booted from a community, but I really think that's doubtful at most (given that they will probably eventually find out anyway) *Shrug*
- It was easier to find the communities I was looking for without wading through pages of personal journals
- no problems - people who want to search for friends can still do that separately
- Better appearance when using subscript and superscript in text.
- Might interfere with custom CSS designed to do the same thing.
- Cross-browser issues?
- It can became LiveJournal extra advantage comparing with FaceBook, Twitter and so on.
- It's very need to allow users switch the feature off if they wish so.
- You'll get money from me and from so many other users by doing this. Seriously.
- Holiday cheer passed around.
- Cookies and rainbows.
- None? Yeah. It's none.
- -Wider search functionality.
-Easier to find friends and people interested in the same things.
-Makes it easier to use on the whole, especially for brand new users and old hands.
-Ability to bypass being exposed to comments you have not invited (eg a young person curious about their sexuality may search 'gay' and see offensive/abusive things in the comments search that could be damaging) - May be difficult to impliment?
Could be confusing initally (suggest you keep things as simple as possible or add some kind of quick guide to the FAQ in this case)
| Saturday, December 26th, 2009 | ||
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soviet__union [ tushkanchik99 ] |
12:57p | Пора принимать поздравления? Похоже, по версии блогосферы, я стану человеком года в России. Пока меня опережают только иностранцы, а количество участников будет, как и в опросе Левада-центра - 1600 человек. Кстати, сравните результаты блогосферного опроса с левадовскими: КОГО БЫ ВЫ НАЗВАЛИ «ЧЕЛОВЕКОМ ГОДА» (МУЖЧИНЫ)? (в процентах) В. Путин 39 Д. Медведев 27 Б. Обама 7 С. Шойгу 4 Г. Зюганов 3 В. Жириновский 3 Патриарх Кирилл 2 М. Джексон 2 А. Лукашенко 2 В. Тихонов 2 Причины таких невероятных расхождений проанализированы здесь. |
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ninebelow |
9:55a | This Year's Reading The final two of the year... #60 The Rapture by Liz Jensen Read for review for Strange Horizons. #61 Witpunk, edited by Claude Lalumière and Marty Halpern Discussed here. Dire. My winners and losers of the year are up on my blog. |
| Friday, December 25th, 2009 | ||
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suggestions [ lady_angelina ] |
10:59p | A copy and/or confirmation of an entry submitted to a moderated community Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
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suggestions [ garnetdagger ] |
4:54p | Single notification for multiple userpic uploads Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
| Thursday, December 24th, 2009 | ||
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suggestions [ queenofspades ] |
9:02p | Accessible News Page Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
| Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 | ||
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suggestions [ its_miley ] |
8:21p | Little Women and Men In Black Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
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suggestions [ blueserenity22 ] |
2:50p | Community Members List Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
| Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 | ||
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suggestions [ strangeloopnan ] |
6:20a | Journal styles Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
| Monday, December 21st, 2009 | ||
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suggestions [ ono_it ] |
10:35p | Simple unexpensive solution to prevent video/graphic SPAM Title Simple and effective solution to stop video or graphic spam Short, concise description of the idea Disable posting video embedded objects ( i.e Youtube ) or <img> tags in comments by default. Full description of the idea When author creates a new post, she can check box "Allow video objects in comments" or/and "Allow pictures in comments". By default, these check boxes are unchecked. If they are unchecked, video objects/image tags are not allowed in comments, but simple links to video or image is OK. An ordered list of benefits An ordered list of problems/issues involved |
| Sunday, December 20th, 2009 | ||
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suggestions [ chudbabies ] |
10:47p | Websites hosting? Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
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suggestions [ garnetdagger ] |
6:05p | Add link to tag in notification emails for entry-posted-in-tag Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
| Saturday, December 19th, 2009 | ||
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suggestions [ lady_angelina ] |
8:47p | Notifications for community membership removal Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
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suggestions [ strangevisitor7 ] |
12:50a | Searching communities Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
| Friday, December 18th, 2009 | ||
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suggestions [ l33tminion ] |
8:18p | Cleaner style for sub and sup tags Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
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suggestions [ allegecityrat ] |
4:29p | WinAmp Application Detection integration Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
| Friday, December 25th, 2009 | ||
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odditycollector |
11:09p | If you liked Highlander: The Source, do I have a DW ep for you! This is advice I will give you as a friend! If you intend to watch the Doctor Who special TPTB have graciously bestowed upon us this Christmas Day, just make sure there is another fan in the room with you. Because you will spend that hour making snarky comments at the screen, and it is less embarrassing if you can pretend you're actually talking to a person. (Also, there's a chance your brain might melt from excess stupid, and this way there's someone left to call your emergency numbers.) Current Mood:  unimpressed |
| Saturday, December 26th, 2009 | ||
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rollick |
2:00a | I can't help it, I find my sister hilarious. So I got back to Maryland without undue troubles. The lines at the airport weren't that bad. When I checked in, the computer told me "ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION REQUIRED: PRESENT IDENTIFICATION TO AGENT," which meant to hand over my driver's license as usual. And something kinda weird did happen when I did; the lady behind the counter, who was punchy and joking around with me and everyone else around her suddenly frowned and went quiet and poked at her keyboard for five silent minutes. I was seriously expecting a hand on my elbow and "Will you come with me, please?" after the first few minutes. But then she handed me a boarding pass and told me my gate, and that was it. Maybe she was just frowny because she had to go through some lengthy procedure to prove I was me. I was so startled and relieved that I didn't ask, I just went to my gate and watched a movie while I waited for the next three hours. My flight was half an hour late, but considering there were ruffled-looking people desperately waiting for standby on every flight around me, people who had clearly been there for a while and were going through Hardships, I counted myself extremely lucky that I hadn't been trying to travel a day earlier. And I even managed to get an aisle seat next to a lovely young man and his very well-behaved small daughter, and my luggage even arrived at the airport when I did, so I consider myself preposterously fortunate. Since then, I've fallen into the reverie I always seem to wind up in when I get to Maryland. I went out by myself and did some last-minute shopping. I made Nanaimo Bars and cherry-almond shortcake dough, which we'll bake tomorrow. I've been staying up too late and sleeping a lot and spending a lot of time talking to my mom and showing my sister different casual games online. It's been very chill. The days seem to last forever without any structure or deadlines, and yet I never get anything much done — I have movies to watch which I can't seem to start, and books I'm not reading. I am forever at everyone else's disposal and sort of waiting on them to have time for me, so starting projects is difficult. When in doubt, I clean something. It has not yet been a hilarity-filled holiday. I don't know if we're all less bantery than usual or just not being funny, but I'm less minded to write down everything my family says. Except for this year's inevitable running joke, which goes like this: My sister Tara: Oh my gosh, she is eating a WHOLE BANANA again. Me: Yup. Mmm-mmm, a whole banana. In your face, sucker. Tara: Oh yeah? Well, same to you, you… banana… whole thing… eater… of… okay, I think I need to go work on that one. AND LATER Tara: Where are you going? Me: To have the most fun ever, and you can't come. Tara: Oh yeah? Well, I hope you don't… the most… ever… fun… have… not… okay, I'm going to go away and work on that one. UNTIL Me: So while we were in Seattle, we actually ran across a pie diner. Here's a picture. It's an Australian pie diner, but I think it still counts. Tara: So clearly I win forever. Me: Oh yeah? Well I hope you… uh… don't. Tara: …yeaaaaaaaah. You get to go away and work on that one. Current Mood:  amused |
| Friday, December 25th, 2009 | ||
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nihilistic_kid |
10:56p | Sherlock Holmes Did you know that it is very difficult for people today to read The Day of the Locust because there is a character in it who just happens to be named, well  Homer Simpson? So too with Sherlock Holmes, which would have been a perfectly acceptable television movie of the week at ninety minutes, if TV still broadcast movies of the week that weren't about ladies with cancer. Instead, it's more than two and a half hours of Charlie Chaplin and his homosexual friend John running around Hogwarts doing passable bartitsu (read my article! Send Clarkesworld money if you like it!) while nothing of any import happens. I mean, lots happens, and all for the viewer's benefit, but nothing really is of interest. So certainly forget everything you know about Sherlock Holmes, and also about, you know, human motivation or understanding. You see, there is a certain Lord Blackwood, who is a member of the Columbine High trenchcoat Mafia, which you know because he's wearing one of those awful leather dusters nerds wear when they try to act cool all the time. He is doing human sacrifices as part of his plan to conquer the world through ritual magic. He is caught, hanged, rises from the grave with witnesses, and then uses magic to kill a few more people, and then Holmes kills him again after foiling a great plan to kill everyone in Parliament. ("And nothing of value was lost...") And that's the real problem with the movie. Surely people will make a big deal as to whether the Holmes in this film is authentic. Holmes is a young nerd with severe mental problems in his stories and in this movie he's a middle-aged flâneur with severe mental problems. One out of three...well, that's pretty bad. But the real problem isn't Downey's endless mugging and bug-eyed bug-eyeree, but that the story doesn't support the Holmes character at all. As this is a Holmes picture we're talking about, nothing is ruined by mentioning that Blackwood is in fact not a supernatural figure; he just likes incredibly contrived plans. He is a member of a secret society along the lines of the Freemasons and they do practice rituals, so Blackwood uses various far-fetched chemical methods and technologies to make it seem like he has magical powers. Except that none of this is necessary. Let's say you're a member of Parliament, and hey, for that matter let's say that also happen to believe in Hermetic magic, even though nothing really seems to ever work. What line are you more likely to fall for: "Behold, for I have true magical powers that look like special effects! Follow me and I shall use them to conquer England and then America! Also, no, I can't show you how to have magic powers too, or do anything right here to impress you." or "Hey, we're all rich bastards and we're in the same room together. Since we're already home secretaries and members of Parliament and even the ambassador to the US, let's use our influence to take over England, and then America! And that way I won't have to kill young chicks for no reason except social bonding. We can do that after we take over." The latter sounds pretty good, eh? I know I'm ready. I'm not joking. Just get me into one of those smoke-filled rooms for five minutes and I swear your folding money would have my face on it within three years. I read once that if everyone in the world lived like the average American, we'd need four planets. I say that if everyone lived the way I told them too, we'd already OWN four planets! ARE YOU WITH ME? ARE YOU READY TO DIE FOR MEEEEEEE?!?! Anyway, movie. Sherlock Holmes uses the old trick of depicting genius by making everybody stupid, and then making Li'l Miss Smartypuss (that's Sherlock) a tiny drop less idiotic. So, for example, Blackwood is about to be hanged, so his last request is to talk to Sherlock Holmes so he could give him vital clues and taunt him. If Blackwood was really smart, his last request would be, "No Sherlock Holmes, thank you." Don't even talk to the guy! There's no reason to. I won't go into all the ways in which the plot-spectacle of the film makes no sense—have I mentioned that the film is two and a half hours long, and that's mostly establishing shots? Really! As it turns out, London has a river and a big clocktower and a bunch of poor people with black teeth. I'll just use one example. Much like the audience, nobody in the movie really cares too much that Parliament and everyone in it is being threatened with death. So they throw in a bit about taking over America too. The ambassador to the US objects, pulls a gun on Blackwood, and bursts into flame. Later, Sherlock explains that of course what happened is that Blackwood had installed in the lodge of the secret society a sprinkler that he turned on when the ambassador came to the meeting (late) and that sprinkler sprayed an odorless colorless flammable (or inflammable, if you're a snoot like me) liquid. A spark from the revolver is all it took to make it seem as though the ambassador combusts spontaneously through the power of black magic. So, even leaving aside this unique substance, created for Blackwood (and the film) by "a ginger midget" in a secret lab that Holmes and Watson just happen to discover, with its experiments all out in the open and apparatus and results on display moments before rather than moments after arsonists come to burn down the place in broad daylight, isn't it a good thing the ambassador came late so he could get sprayed on while nobody else did a good thing he's an American and thus not a gentleman, who of course would always have an umbrella a good thing he didn't just have his coach pull up right to the door a good thing he decided to wear his magic secret society cloak out instead of changing in to it in the changing room a good thing he pulled out a revolver instead of, oh, a knife a good thing he made his speech from across the room rather than doing one of those secret handshakes with Blackwood before trying to shoot him, then they both might have died, or Blackwood would have at least been injured a good thing he didn't just rush Blackwood even when aflame a good thing his bullet somehow didn't actually come out of the gun or hit Blackwood, though the powder in the pistol did go off and leave a spark a good thing he didn't show up just to denounce Blackwood, or was just planning to kill him later when fifteen Very Important People weren't sitting around waiting to be witnesses a good thing nobody else lit up a cigarette during the ambassador's speech You know, like that. The whole movie is like that. The super-logical explanations Holmes gives for everything—which, in a clever moment, he does to taunt Blackwood while the villain is about to fall down the Inevitable Hole over 90 of final movie fights take place, instead of it being the hero struggling with the bit while the antagonist gloats—make no sense at all unless we assume an invisible audience of millions of not-very-interested viewers watching everything Blackwood does for kicks. He's doing it for *points at the camera lens* YOU! The Ambassador thing isn't even the worst one. It's Doctor Watson being fooled by the ol' "Romeo and Juliet" tonic after Blackwood is hanged—Blackwood died young and left a suspiciously good-looking corpse plus the apparatus that let him live past the hanging while remaining in a vegetative state just long enough to be buried in crypt that was...oh, never fucking mind already—that probably takes the cake. Probably. The movie also suffers from having only ninety minutes of material. In addition to endless establishing shots and a very silly Holmes-is-really-thinking-NOW montage, all the jokes and little bits of repartee are endlessly repeated. The dog dies three times, for example. The dog also farts once, and that's supposed to be a laugh. At least three-deaths/one-fart is an inversion of the usual Hollywood wacky dog formula. Watson is hideously injured in an explosion but is up and about and ready to beat up three ruffians a few scenes later. (Btw, he walks with a limp and a cane.) The gay subtext is sub-House and Wilson level. There's a joke about autoerotic asphyxiation at the very end, just to give the audience something to think about on the walk home. There is an inexplicable scene in which Holmes has captured some flies. We don't need to know that Holmes is an eccentric nut through such set pieces, we've all already come prepared. And any one or two of the dozen or so asides about how kooky Holmes is would have done. Then there are other things—such as Holmes mental dissections of his fights—that are brought up once or twice and then dropped entirely. What is in the film isn't much. Jude Law remains famous for no reason. Remember when he was in every film made between the summers of 2004 and 2005 (inclusive)? Oh, those were dark times for humanity, weren't they. Well, he's still awful. Downey who is usually great, or at least has screen presence, probably did the film for the cocaine...and there wasn't any! The female characters were non-entities, the villain has less screen time than a random police officer named Clarkesy and the secondary baddy is named Lord Coward. Guess what he's like? Also, Moriarty is played by a hat. A crow appears for no reason several times, except to hint that INDEED there is ACTUAL magic in the movie. (Nah, just a crow.) There are two types of films that come out on Christmas Day. The first and rarer types are prestige pictures which are leaked into theaters at the end of the calendar so as to qualify for the Academy Awards and be fresh in the minds of the voting members. The second and more common type is the movie that promises thanks to its stars or spectacle or reputation to have a very big opening day and then fall off due to awful word of mouth. The closer a film opens to Christmas Day, the worse even the people who made it thinks it is. Here's the only mystery of Sherlock Holmes—why did they even book noon and 3PM shows, because all that would do is lower ticket sales for the evening programs? Take the money and run! |
| Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 | ||
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suggestions [ msqu ] |
7:27p | Give us Give More Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
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suggestions [ ddraigcoch ] |
8:51p | Search function Title Short, concise description of the idea Full description of the idea |
| Saturday, December 26th, 2009 | ||
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whatwasthatone [ mwagen ] |
5:44p | Countryish/folkish song I keep hearing this song at work but I can't figure out what it is. It sounds vaguely country or folk, but with hardly any accompaniment. There is a mix of male and female voices harmonising. The only lyrics I remember are something like "cut my hair and break my back dragging round this bag of bones" and the chorus is something about rocks and sticks Found! It's Rattlin bones by Kasey Chambers and SHane Nicholson |
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lesingesavant |
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| myrrhash | 12:19a | I've been reading a lot of genre fiction lately... I've been reading a lot of genre fiction lately (mostly SF and mystery) and, while my brain keeps asking for more of it, I'm getting increasingly impatient with clunky, obvious writing. Time was I could ignore all that as long as it had a satisfying plot and/or setting, but I've about reached my limit. It's likely cyclical; I'm sure I'll be back in the pulp trough before long. I've always gone back to it before. But for now, can y'all recommend either some skillful, subtly written genre stuff (e.g., Sayers, Chandler, Butler) or some literary novels that go down relatively easy in the lassitude of wintertime (i.e., aren't unrelentingly grim, dense, or static; I think I could just barely handle someone along the lines of Iris Murdoch, but would prefer Robertson Davies or his ilk)? Comment |
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vintage_ads [ carabaas ] |
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vintage_ads [ carabaas ] |
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is a pale, white male with a blue shirt. I bet most users do not look like that. I don't.
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