#indiewebcamp 2012-10-15

2012-10-15 UTC
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@xtof_fr Chronorêve ou #intentcast pour demain : emmener @EchosBusiness sur #indieweb ? brainstorming ouvert sur http://christopheducamp.com/wiki/LEB
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barnabywalters !tell tantek Turns out you are right about abolishing feeds. According to a book I found, RSS will turn us all into zombies: http://photos.waterpigs.co.uk/p/ps
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Loqi Ok, I'll tell him that when I see him next
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Loqi tantek: barnabywalters left you a message 4 hours, 39 minutes ago: Turns out you are right about abolishing feeds. According to a book I found, RSS will turn us all into zombies: http://photos.waterpigs.co.uk/p/ps
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tantek !tell barnabywalters haha that's hilarious (re: FEED/RSS - Zombies) http://photos.waterpigs.co.uk/p/ps
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Loqi Ok, I'll tell him that when I see him next
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tantek thanks Loqi
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Loqi you're welcome
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brennannovak hah
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donpdonp hoho
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brennannovak heehee
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tantek congrats aaronpk on the Geoloqi acquisition!
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aaronpk thanks!
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tantek love that "you own your own data" is in the blog post :)
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tantek (commented)
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sandeepshetty !tell barnabywalters I know someone that's read that book :)
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Loqi Ok, I'll tell him that when I see him next
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tantek aaronpk - geoloqi blog is running WordPress? Are all comments moderated by default? (I didn't put in any URLs/links or anything)
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tantek when did WordPress comment moderation become such a barrier? has it always been that bad or has it gotten worse recently?
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tantek I also tend to wonder if crappy commenting systems are partially to blame for the rise of hosted commenting systems, like using Facebook or Disqus.
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tommorris tantek: yep. I can't remember the last time I actually successfully posted a blog comment.
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tommorris should qualify that.
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tommorris I can't remember the last time I turned up at a blog, typed in my name, email, url and a comment and posted it without hassle.
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tommorris usually hassle involving logging in, deciding whether or not to give it my Facebook credentials or any number of other things.
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tommorris also, the wordpress openid plugin is very temperamental on a lot of sites.
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tommorris the underlying moral: sorting wheat from chaff is a hard problem.
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tantek tommorris - re: sorting wheat from chaff is a hard problem -> I think that's what FB has addressed with their silo - for all it's cumbersomeness, the whole "use your 'real' identity" thing does reduce the chaff.
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tantek s/it's/its
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Loqi tantek meant to say: tommorris - re: sorting wheat from chaff is a hard problem -> I think that's what FB has addressed with their silo - for all its cumbersomeness, the whole "use your 'real' identity" thing does reduce the chaff.
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tommorris sigh, another website where my Facebook login fails. fiverr.com
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aaronpk tantek: I think there's a threshold where some comments get put into the moderation queue
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aaronpk I approved yours
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tantek the unpredictability of such thresholds makes them frustrating and harms UX greatly
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aaronpk agreed
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tantek basically, Wordpress has failed at comments
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