PLEASE DO NOT MISUSE THE DUPEOF INVOCATION
As you are probably already aware, volumptuous accidentally invoked dupeof on a video that was not a dupe.
As we've mentioned on a few occasions, the dupeof invocation is extremely sensitive, and you must use extreme caution when invoking it. You MUST WATCH BOTH VIDEOS IN THEIR ENTIRETY before you invoke dupeof!
For his misuse of the invocation (which has caused a lot of difficulties for us to only half-way "fix" [because a full undo of a dupeof is impossible]), the dupeof invocation has been revoked for volumptuous indefinitely.
This is a new one-strike policy for any misuse of dupeof due to the severity of the results of such misuse and the offender's apparent unwillingness or inability to use it appropriately/responsibly.
As we've mentioned on a few occasions, the dupeof invocation is extremely sensitive, and you must use extreme caution when invoking it. You MUST WATCH BOTH VIDEOS IN THEIR ENTIRETY before you invoke dupeof!
For his misuse of the invocation (which has caused a lot of difficulties for us to only half-way "fix" [because a full undo of a dupeof is impossible]), the dupeof invocation has been revoked for volumptuous indefinitely.
This is a new one-strike policy for any misuse of dupeof due to the severity of the results of such misuse and the offender's apparent unwillingness or inability to use it appropriately/responsibly.
34 Comments
volumptuousThis is the first I've heard of it!!! When exactly did this happen and why didn't anyone tell me?
lucky760But didn't you know about it? You commented to Mycroft:
Oh hey I just completely fucked this up:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Glenn-Beck-Kicks-Guest-Off-for-Suggesting-he-Fears-Blacks?fromdupe=ACORN-Natl-Spokesman-Gets-Kicked-Off-The-Set-By-Glen
n-Beck
http://www.videosift.com/video/ACORN-Natl-Spokesman-Gets-Kicked-Off-The-Set-By-Glenn-Beck
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Shit!!!
volumptuousWooops, I forgot the *sarcasm tag.
paul4dirtIt just goes to show you can't be too careful....
MycroftHomlzOh, well. I didn't mean for this to get this far. I just wanted to shame him a little and then make him say something offensive to his ancestry or the like for a week or so.
My bad, Volumptuous.
blankfistOkay, volumptuous, there's only one way out of this. Invoking *gay! It's your only chance.
gwiz665If you do it again, lucky's gonna huff and puff and blow your house down!
gwiz665*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/talk/Careful-with-the-DUPE-invocation
volumptuousbtw: I'm so happy that I'm the test-subject of this new policy that started after I made the mistake. That's awesome on many levels.
Why not go back through all of VS history and retroactively punish others for this same crime?
blankfistI am soooo gonna Sift duplicate Ron Paul videos and PM volumptuous with the links to them all.
DeanoNot a case for a Siftquisition then?
eric3579The sift community did ask for this type of governance.
http://www.videosift.com/poll/Siftquisition-of-feature-Siftquisition
"When people do inevitably cry "fascism" , I will provide them a link to this thread. Because this is the day that a community voted to quietly sweep contentious, unpleasant matters under the rug. This is the day that a community voted for tyranny over democracy. Heil fucking Siftler." -dag
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
^Thanks Eric.
Because Lucky is playing bad cop, I get to play good cop and say that Volumptuous should get a big hug. It's never fun to be singled out in a negative in front of a community. I was called an Asshat on MeFi once and it stings to this day.
MycroftHomlzYes, not a case for Siftquisition.
>> ^Deano:
Not a case for a Siftquisition then?
volumptuousI don't care at all about being singled out here, and I was the first to say "holy shit i totally fucked up!".
But Its been an all-day process now, getting hammered from every corner. What is this, FIVE sifttalks now? Add to that, a revocation of a privilege according to a brand new policy. All that for what one good cop called an "honest mistake".
Oh well, Taco Bell...
>> ^dag:
^Thanks Eric.
Because Lucky is playing bad cop, I get to play good cop and say that Volumptuous should get a big hug. It's never fun to be singled out in a negative in front of a community. I was called an Asshat on MeFi once.
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
I fear for what the legalisation of marijuanua in California will do to the management of Videosift content.
volumptuousThe funniest part about all of this, is that the FAQ doesn't even correctly show how to call a dupeof.
That's pure gold right there.
lucky760FWIW, I wasn't aware of all the other publicity about the situation. I just got a PM asking me to deal with it and I did.
Heil Siftbot.
volumptuous>> ^dag:
I fear for what the legalisation of marijuanua in California will do to the management of Videosift content.
Medical prescriptions have been extremely easy to obtain for 12 years. I've had one forever. That's why my sifts are so good. (duh)
lucky760>> ^volumptuous:
The funniest part about all of this, is that the FAQ doesn't even correctly show how to call a dupeof.
That's pure gold right there.
You make a good point. I never realized before that people could easily mistake dupeof as requiring invocation on videos that aren't dupes.
volumptuous^Yeah, I was mentioning that there's no mention of specifically how to call a dupeof. For instance, notice the missing "hey you need to add a '=' and no spaces!"
Anyway...
Krupo>> ^dag:
^Thanks Eric.
Because Lucky is playing bad cop, I get to play good cop and say that Volumptuous should get a big hug. It's never fun to be singled out in a negative in front of a community. I was called an Asshat on MeFi once and it stings to this day.
Don't worry, it's clearly a very different type of hat you're wearing, and it looks rad.
alien_conceptGod, it's such a shame that people got so fucking pissed off that "things weren't getting done" and wanked on about it for so long that now admin are just dealing with things sometimes without any real need to (this being a case in point). This is what you got VideoSift, well done.
Sucks you got the tail end of all the pussy whiners V
gorillamanBefore dupeof I would watch both videos in their entirety just to discard, and that was easily reversible. If this is what it takes to get people to pay attention to what they're doing, fine.
alien_conceptJust to clarify, when I talk about pussy whiners, I just mean that a lot of times when people want something done around here, rather than be courteous, it's more like demands and complaints and I find it incredibly rude and often, people intolerant. THAT'S what I dislike, not people wanting change or flagging up issues.
Anyway completely off topic now
gwiz665^"Pussy whiners" must be referring to me, I complain about that all the time..
Deano>> ^eric3579:
The sift community did ask for this type of governance.
http://www.videosift.com/poll/Siftquisition-of-feature-Siftquisition
"When people do inevitably cry "fascism" , I will provide them a link to this thread. Because this is the day that a community voted to quietly sweep contentious, unpleasant matters under the rug. This is the day that a community voted for tyranny over democracy. Heil fucking Siftler." -dag
Ah so the Siftquisition feature actually got taken out and shot then? I should keep up.
jimnmsHow about making the *dupeof work like *ban, so the first one sends it to discussion and a 2nd person has to invoke it before it becomes permanent?
siftbotlucky760 cannot be banned because star accounts are immune to banination - ignoring ban request by jimnms.
OrnthoronSomeone should make a PSA about this!
>> ^volumptuous:
^Yeah, I was mentioning that there's no mention of specifically how to call a dupeof. For instance, notice the missing "hey you need to add a '=' and no spaces!"
Anyway...
pipp3355oh hi guises. i duno if anyone noticed, but volumptuous has been abusing the dupeof command.
joedirtWhat does "one-strike policy" mean? Is it like CA three strikes where you go to jail forever?
MrFisk*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/talk/Careful-with-the-DUPE-invocation
lucky760^MrFisk=*dupeof=^gwiz665
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