Should *dead be more open
As a siftizen I've had an inherent belief in the sift rules and system for getting the good stuff to the top.
But belief is not evidence as atheist comment threads will often tell us.
Should we do some counts to check if restrictions on low level sifters are helping or hurting the sift?
e.g.
How often does sifty issue a rejection of *dead
How often does sifty the same post become *dead by a more privileged member
Also should unpublished videos be able to become dead? They're just as unwatchable.
But belief is not evidence as atheist comment threads will often tell us.
Should we do some counts to check if restrictions on low level sifters are helping or hurting the sift?
e.g.
How often does sifty issue a rejection of *dead
How often does sifty the same post become *dead by a more privileged member
Also should unpublished videos be able to become dead? They're just as unwatchable.
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ReverendTedI'm not sure I understand the last question. Unpublished vids can be invoked dead, right?
BoneRemake>> ^ReverendTed:
I'm not sure I understand the last question. Unpublished vids can be invoked dead, right?
http://videosift.com/video/Tom-Hanks-Tells-Michael-Clarke-Duncan-Anecdote-at-Clarkes-F?loadcomm=1#comment-1524895
ReverendTedAh, gotcha. I was thinking of PQueue'd videos as unpublished. That restriction does strike me as strange.
bareboards2With rights come responsibilities....
I like that you have to be completely involved in the Sift by posting vids before you "earn" the right to affect other Sifters videos.
First and foremost is the need to slow down trolls.
Secondly ...posting videos gives you empathy towards other Sifters. And vulnerable to other Sifters if you act like a dick.
And I agree that dead is dead, no matter where a video is in the Video Life Cycle. (Although there may be some programming restraints that require the unpublished to not be deadable, I don't know.)
lucky760I'm working on fixing this in VideoSift 5.
Retroboy says...Here's an example of restrictions limiting "newbies": I have a dead video as one of my 3 submissions that I've found a replacement for and easily could fix, but I'm not at the right level so it's verboten. This makes me feel a little as if I'm a lower-class sifter even though all I want to do is correct one of my own posts.
Pretty sure a spambot would never self-repair a broken link that they submitted.
Likely one of those "special cases" that the VideoSift programmers didn't consider, and perfectly understandable if so. But it, and all the other grayed-out options, are a little limiting for "genuine" new members.
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