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Slinkset (YC summer 08) downplays custom reddits, announces anonymous functionality

19 points by jmorin007 18y ago

jmorin007 18y ago
Congrats to Slinkset...this new functionality makes the service even more versatile than it was before. Very nice work guys!
ncbutters 18y ago
Hey all, so "anonymous" is only days away (possibly this Monday). We're not planning on releasing the feature to the general public until the 16th. But if you'd like to be one the "special" users to test it out early please email us and we'll set you up. Thanks.
- ph0rque 18y ago
  As I wrote in the feature requests slinkset, I really need the opposite functionality: for all links/comments to be viewable by everyone, but editable only by invited users. The lack of this functionality is really limiting the userbase growth of one of my slinkset sites.
  - ncbutters 18y ago
    You can set your site to "Editorial" mode which can be found on the "Settings" tab and then go to the "Users" tab and set the users that you want as "Editors". So the only thing missing is having it so other users don't have the ability to comment or vote? Out of curiosity what is the reason for allowing users to view but not participate in any way?
    - ph0rque 18y ago
      > So the only thing missing is having it so other users don't have the ability to comment or vote? Exactly. >Out of curiosity what is the reason for allowing users to view but not participate in any way? Certain subcultures on the internet have very... interesting troll types, and what we're doing on one of the sites is essentially starting over on a forum that's been tainted by some of these trolls. Thus the lockdown on any write-participation. On the other hand, we want to be transparent about what we discuss, and attract the members in the community who are not the trolls. (We are envisioning a registration process where new users tell about their names IRL to discourage trollish behavior.) Thus the read-only availability to anyone who comes by. Does that make sense?
      - ncbutters 18y ago
        Yes, having the problem with trolls is obviously understood, this is why we give you the admin the ability to "ban" a user, kill comments/submissions, as well as set any other user as an admin to police the system as well. Granted this could be time consuming for some, which is where I can see your use-case coming into play (which we will look into). My only other question is, if "good users" are coming to your site but now have no way of participating (commenting/submitting/voting), how are they able to prove themselves and get an "invite" to participate?
        ph0rque 18y ago
        We plan to include a link to a submission form (similar to this: http://www.emailmeform.com http://www.emailmeform.com) in the sidebar.
        ncbutters 18y ago
        Cool. We'll look into it.
briansmith 18y ago
I disagree with the Slinkset guy about reddit just a destination site. This year, reddit has rolled out features that let you (1) create your own reddits, (2) theme them, and (3) publish them on your own domain. Those features are a clear indication that reddit doesn't want to be just a destination site. The next logical step for reddit is advertising revenue sharing.
ericwaller 18y ago
This approach (both tech and social aspects) has huge potential if done well. It's the pragmatic approach to the problem openID and the like are trying to solve -- just forget about authentication all together.

19 points by jmorin007 18y ago

Congrats to Slinkset...this new functionality makes the service even more versatile than it was before. Very nice work guys!

ncbutters 18y ago

Hey all, so "anonymous" is only days away (possibly this Monday). We're not planning on releasing the feature to the general public until the 16th. But if you'd like to be one the "special" users to test it out early please email us and we'll set you up. Thanks.

ph0rque 18y ago
As I wrote in the feature requests slinkset, I really need the opposite functionality: for all links/comments to be viewable by everyone, but editable only by invited users. The lack of this functionality is really limiting the userbase growth of one of my slinkset sites.
- ncbutters 18y ago
  You can set your site to "Editorial" mode which can be found on the "Settings" tab and then go to the "Users" tab and set the users that you want as "Editors". So the only thing missing is having it so other users don't have the ability to comment or vote? Out of curiosity what is the reason for allowing users to view but not participate in any way?
  - ph0rque 18y ago
    > So the only thing missing is having it so other users don't have the ability to comment or vote? Exactly. >Out of curiosity what is the reason for allowing users to view but not participate in any way? Certain subcultures on the internet have very... interesting troll types, and what we're doing on one of the sites is essentially starting over on a forum that's been tainted by some of these trolls. Thus the lockdown on any write-participation. On the other hand, we want to be transparent about what we discuss, and attract the members in the community who are not the trolls. (We are envisioning a registration process where new users tell about their names IRL to discourage trollish behavior.) Thus the read-only availability to anyone who comes by. Does that make sense?
    - ncbutters 18y ago
      Yes, having the problem with trolls is obviously understood, this is why we give you the admin the ability to "ban" a user, kill comments/submissions, as well as set any other user as an admin to police the system as well. Granted this could be time consuming for some, which is where I can see your use-case coming into play (which we will look into). My only other question is, if "good users" are coming to your site but now have no way of participating (commenting/submitting/voting), how are they able to prove themselves and get an "invite" to participate?
      - ph0rque 18y ago
        We plan to include a link to a submission form (similar to this: http://www.emailmeform.com http://www.emailmeform.com) in the sidebar.
        ncbutters 18y ago
        Cool. We'll look into it.

briansmith 18y ago

I disagree with the Slinkset guy about reddit just a destination site. This year, reddit has rolled out features that let you (1) create your own reddits, (2) theme them, and (3) publish them on your own domain. Those features are a clear indication that reddit doesn't want to be just a destination site. The next logical step for reddit is advertising revenue sharing.

ericwaller 18y ago

This approach (both tech and social aspects) has huge potential if done well. It's the pragmatic approach to the problem openID and the like are trying to solve -- just forget about authentication all together.