On 10/9/05, Lucas Gonze <lgonze@...> wrote:
> Kevin Prichard wrote:
> >in a system like craig's, there might be potential for abuse - people
> >voting something off just coz they don't like it. how do you see
> >dealing with that?
> >
> I honestly don't know, and I can see it being used for flogging rather
> than flagging. :)

there's something in that - maybe it can be used for both. what if
the voting off of a track only caused its links to disappear, and for
it not to be queued when users hit the play button? the track would
still be visible in its playlists, but the download link would
disappear, and maybe the play button would transmogrify into something
else, to indicate that it got flagged as a violation?

though if it wasn't a violation, how would the owner ressurect it?

> Another big problem is that most people don't have the background
> knowledge to be able to evaluate links. General understanding of the
> copyright system is really low, which is reasonable because it's such a
> baroque thing but bad because it is important. On the other hand, it
> may be that most long-time webjayists will have that knowledge.
>
> What about not revealing the 'flag' button unless the person has been
> around for a while?

otherwise you'll have people creating phony accounts just to flog
somebody or music they don't like.