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    I'm just guessing, and it may be a "post hoc, ergo propter hoc" fallacy, but since the recent upgrade(?), bug fix(??), whatever, all posts in the EW forum are being marked "post is abusive."

    Now, there could be some very busy little troll going through all the posts and marking them as abusive, but the timing seems remarkably suggestive.

    However, not to take you away from far more important matters, please fix the bloody Submit issue FIRST!

    cheers,
    scott
    Friday, September 12, 2008 6:10 AM
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    Hrmm...

    I can see where we have a usability disconnect here...

    We got rid of the vote menu which was hiding valuable fuctionality and replaced it with "Mark as helpful". We then took the link to report as abusive and put it at the bottom of each post, leaving the text from the menu intact. That seemed like the right thing to do, not to change the text....

    I can see though, that the "Vote > Post is abusive" mechanism is more functionally obvious than a "Post is abusive" link. The link isn't indicating that the post is abusive... it's for if you think it's abusive...

    I'll take this to the PM and see what they think.

    Thanks
    Matt
    Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
    Friday, September 12, 2008 5:34 PM
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    mattfras said:

    Hrmm...

    I can see where we have a usability disconnect here...

    We got rid of the vote menu which was hiding valuable fuctionality and replaced it with "Mark as helpful". We then took the link to report as abusive and put it at the bottom of each post, leaving the text from the menu intact. That seemed like the right thing to do, not to change the text....

    I can see though, that the "Vote > Post is abusive" mechanism is more functionally obvious than a "Post is abusive" link. The link isn't indicating that the post is abusive... it's for if you think it's abusive...

    I'll take this to the PM and see what they think.

    Thanks
    Matt

    Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer

    Ah, I see. Yeah, "Vote> Post is abusive" would have been a tad clearer. Several other folks have mentioned this over on the other forum, none of us realized it was a voting link. Even "Post is abusive?" or "Is post abusive?" would have worked better.

    No biggie, like I said. I'd really rather have the Submit functionality working...

    cheers,
    scott
    Friday, September 12, 2008 9:52 PM
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