Is another possibility is for Zoia to be opt-in rather than opt-out?

kc


On 1/17/13 12:57 PM, Devon wrote:
> Zoia can also be completely muted per user. Could a pointer to '/ignore'
> docs be included in the new herald?
> /dev
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Michael B. Klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I agree with the esteemed neckbeard from Pennsylvania. But I would also be
>> in favor of muting the snarfer-class plugins, especially @dunno. I've been
>> thinking for a while that it might be time to change zoia's alert character
>> from @ to something that's not (now) universally recognized as a
>> reply/attention character, which results in more unintentional channel spam
>> than any of the others.
>>
>> I think we can also lower zoia's "more" threshold so that each individual
>> response has a shorter maximum length, but that's something that's better
>> resolved by better participant behavior, not code.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Michael J. Giarlo <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> At the risk of getting shouted down in public (wouldn't be the first
>>> time!), let me just put this out there: perhaps instead of, like,
>> whipping
>>> up a Doodle poll for us all to vote on which plugins get temporarily
>>> disabled and which ones don't, how about we have a few folks volunteer to
>>> gently ask that folks be mindful of what they are asking zoia to do.
>>   Heck,
>>> we can even reflect that in the topic, and make an announcement from the
>>> podium.
>>>
>>> We already ask that channel registrants be mindful of what they say; is
>> it
>>> much more to ask that that include which zoia plugins they call?
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd be loathe to gag @tdih, because it's educational and only gets
>> called
>>>> once or twice a day, but that's me.
>>>>
>>>> @blockparty is pretty spammy, as is @alpha
>>>>
>>>> Also @urbandict is probably the most offensive command.
>>>>
>>>> -Ross.
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Adam Wead <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> At the risk of opening a can 'o worms, there are others that utilize
>>> the
>>>> invective:
>>>>> @habla
>>>>> @ana
>>>>>
>>>>> @ana can sometimes return offensive phrases.  Sadly, it's one of the
>>>> channel's favorites, so I'm reluctant to put it on the (temporary)
>>> chopping
>>>> block.
>>>>> …adam
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 17, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Bill Dueber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd like to propose that zoia (the IRC bot that provides help and
>>>>>> entertainment in the #code4lib IRC channel) have some of its normal
>>>> plugins
>>>>>> disabled during conf. With three or four times as many people online
>>>> during
>>>>>> conference, things can get out of hand.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lots of zoia plugins can be useful during conference; I'm mostly
>>>> thinking
>>>>>> of stuff whose utility is suspect and whose output covers several
>>> lines.
>>>>>> Some examples:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   - @mf
>>>>>>   - @cast
>>>>>>   - @tdih
>>>>>>   - @sing
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The goal, really, is to try and turn the firehose that the IRC
>> channel
>>>>>> becomes into something at least plausibly manageable in realtime.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can also make a case for things that newbies will just find
>>> confusing
>>>>>> (chef, takify, etc.) or offensive (@forecast, @mf again) but I'll
>> let
>>>>>> others potentially make that case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Bill-
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Bill Dueber
>>>>>> Library Systems Programmer
>>>>>> University of Michigan Library
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