Snap Mirroring will allow tribe chiefs / mods to add snaps that have been published into their tribes
Love this idea, it would be a really good way to get some air-time for smaller, lesser known tribes as well, as people could see their tribe under the other tribes where it was published.
An ability for someone that has received a number of repost downvotes to merge their snap with the originally posted snap. This function would convert the snap into a related link, and take all comments already posted and move them into the other snap. This would be a complex concept, and we would need to figure out how to make this as painless as possible when it comes to the actual merging process.
Another excellent idea! Not to make it anymore complicated, but possibly being able to link to the first Snap in the downvote reason as well might be a good idea, that way there is a mechanism to limit what snaps can be merged. I would imagine it would be a little bit abusable if people could just merge whatever snaps they wanted, and it would also show the reposter which Snap they should merge to.
A function allowing a user with a repost to instead remove their snap from the front page, but let it stay in the individual tribes it was posted in. We can sort out a way to mark a snap that has been marked in this way. Lets just remember, the more complex it gets, the more confusing it will be. I think the best solutions are the simplest ones that people can easily grasp.
Also a good idea. Mods and Chiefs can already weed out content in their own tribes and giving this ability to self-moderate is an excellent idea.
I have a question though: whether merging or "deleting" a post, will the downvotes be "erased" from the user's record? I would imagine that would be a good incentive to do so, other than possibly accruing even more downvotes by leaving it up.
Another excellent idea! Not to make it anymore complicated, but possibly being able to link to the first Snap in the downvote reason as well might be a good idea, that way there is a mechanism to limit what snaps can be merged. I would imagine it would be a little bit abusable if people could just merge whatever snaps they wanted, and it would also show the reposter which Snap they should merge to.
Excellent points about the possible abuse. Perhaps such a powerful function should be left to the super-mods. If the merge didn't take away XP points from the poster, I don't see this being a major issue. But there could be confusion in regards to where someones snap actually went, but that can be solved by creating a little message saying something like "Merged with [SNAP A] located [URL].
Perhaps such a powerful function should be left to the super-mods.
Do super-mods work on front page material? Maybe it would be best for mods of individual tribes to curate reposts by merging them into other Snaps. That way tribes that it hadn't been posted in will still have the "original" repost and the loss of points from a certain tribe (assuming a merger in a tribe removed it's upvotes as well as downvotes) might help keep it off the front page.
The problem with that approach is the content (snaps) posted within tribes isn't owned by the tribes it submitted into. The user merely decides to bring it into the tribe for discussion, expanding on the content, etc. At the end of the day we cannot give mods (from multiple tribes) the power to modify/merge snaps with other snaps that have been posted, this would end up having the possibility of becoming a complete disaster.
Even if it only affected Snaps within that particular tribe? So say, if a Snap was merged with another in /t/pics but not in /t/photography, it would still show as two separate snaps in /t/photography. That way each tribe could have different policies on what exactly constitutes a repost.
That's my biggest fear, that once we start treading on territory this complex (solution wise), it may be difficult for anyone to actually grasp. I think the simpler we can do it, the better. Still something that is worth to consider, should we find an elegantly simple solution for it.
What if, as I suggested earlier, two snaps are merged when they link directly to each other, the younger snap becoming a related link to the older? It could provoke a button to confirm the merge. It could be broken if one or both remove the link. Both keep their rep with the older snap joining the tribes from the younger snap. That has the benefit of not requiring moderator intervention.
Love this idea, it would be a really good way to get some air-time for smaller, lesser known tribes as well, as people could see their tribe under the other tribes where it was published.
Another excellent idea! Not to make it anymore complicated, but possibly being able to link to the first Snap in the downvote reason as well might be a good idea, that way there is a mechanism to limit what snaps can be merged. I would imagine it would be a little bit abusable if people could just merge whatever snaps they wanted, and it would also show the reposter which Snap they should merge to.
Also a good idea. Mods and Chiefs can already weed out content in their own tribes and giving this ability to self-moderate is an excellent idea.
I have a question though: whether merging or "deleting" a post, will the downvotes be "erased" from the user's record? I would imagine that would be a good incentive to do so, other than possibly accruing even more downvotes by leaving it up.
Excellent points about the possible abuse. Perhaps such a powerful function should be left to the super-mods. If the merge didn't take away XP points from the poster, I don't see this being a major issue. But there could be confusion in regards to where someones snap actually went, but that can be solved by creating a little message saying something like "Merged with [SNAP A] located [URL].
I'll agree that merging should be left to mods or super-mods.
Do super-mods work on front page material? Maybe it would be best for mods of individual tribes to curate reposts by merging them into other Snaps. That way tribes that it hadn't been posted in will still have the "original" repost and the loss of points from a certain tribe (assuming a merger in a tribe removed it's upvotes as well as downvotes) might help keep it off the front page.
The problem with that approach is the content (snaps) posted within tribes isn't owned by the tribes it submitted into. The user merely decides to bring it into the tribe for discussion, expanding on the content, etc. At the end of the day we cannot give mods (from multiple tribes) the power to modify/merge snaps with other snaps that have been posted, this would end up having the possibility of becoming a complete disaster.
Even if it only affected Snaps within that particular tribe? So say, if a Snap was merged with another in /t/pics but not in /t/photography, it would still show as two separate snaps in /t/photography. That way each tribe could have different policies on what exactly constitutes a repost.
That's my biggest fear, that once we start treading on territory this complex (solution wise), it may be difficult for anyone to actually grasp. I think the simpler we can do it, the better. Still something that is worth to consider, should we find an elegantly simple solution for it.
What if, as I suggested earlier, two snaps are merged when they link directly to each other, the younger snap becoming a related link to the older? It could provoke a button to confirm the merge. It could be broken if one or both remove the link. Both keep their rep with the older snap joining the tribes from the younger snap. That has the benefit of not requiring moderator intervention.