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by tprice7 5126 days ago
Or maybe the secret is to use a ranking system that keeps the trolls invisible. This is something I have been working on, if you are interested see this: http://www.thoughtocean.com/what/dilution

I would very much appreciate feedback.
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jerf 5126 days ago
Google the term "hellban".

No, seriously, google it. I'm not just giving you the name, unless I'm looking at an overpersonalized search results page, the result page is a fair gateway into both sides of the controversy around the practice as well.

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tprice7 5126 days ago
The way that trolls are made invisible on Thought Ocean isn't really analogous to hellbanning; it's closer to how people who aren't your Facebook friend are invisible to you on Facebook. Thought it's still pretty different from that also.
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MaxGabriel 5126 days ago
That sounds like an excellent idea.

A thought; in a large enough site, new users need a way to find quality users they vouch for (imagine going to reddit's homepage and trying to vouch for users).

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tprice7 5126 days ago
Yeah, that is definitely one of the main problems we face. A few things that mitigate this, however:

1. If you have friends who use Thought Ocean, they can be the first people that you vouch for.

2. If you see a particularly interesting post or insightful comment, vouching for the person who posted it is likely a good idea.

3. Thought Ocean has a feature that gives you feedback on why things get ranked the way they do (the "flow comes through.." feature on the flow tab). This makes a trial-and-error approach possible: just vouch for random people, keep the people who contribute to good posts and lose the people who contribute to bad ones.

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