User Comments - matt_c
matt_c
Posted on: Lessons and Comment Policy
July 13, 2009 at 1:16 AMTech changes take time, we have been looking into these issues for while.
I'd suggest we take a step back (from premature judging), relax, and see how a combination of gentle prodding, discussion-flow-sculpting, and a clearer policy turn out. I doubt you'll be upset.
@paulinurus
Our academic developers trawl the comments twice a day and submit an LCF report. These reports contain user questions, issues, tech problems, troll/spammers etc. Important questions are sometimes missed as they are nested within lengthy comments that largely deal with unrelated content. This policy will hopefully help make their job easier by filtering the less germane comments - resulting in more of the Poddies poignant questions being answered.
Posted on: Lessons and Comment Policy
July 12, 2009 at 2:26 PM@Bababardwan
But it is starting to sound a tad like only serious study will be tolerated and I think that runs the risk of CPod losing something special.
I hear you. The CPod team is made up of well balanced, intelligent and reasonable people. When we are not sure about an issue, we discuss it together, more often than not with positive results. CPod was created to make learning fun - we are hardly going to abandon that.
Posted on: Lessons and Comment Policy
July 12, 2009 at 1:39 PMI understand your fears - I was joking with the 'Stalin type figure' quip.
However it is a fact that the majority of Poddies do not participate in the community - I'm trying to think of ways to increase lurker participation.
When looking back over some of the flame wars and long drawn out arguments that do not relate to the lesson topics that they were posted in - I realised that I'd be put off if I were a newcomer wanting some extra help with my studies - and you'll see that some users' only comments have been of that nature.
The whole purpose of 'LESSON COMMENTS' section is to discuss the lesson at hand, to the purpose of helping each other gain a better understanding of the linguistic and cultural issues that relate to that lesson - and to share relevant experiences etc.
Being a bit of a rebel myself, I understand the fear of rules, tighter regulations and issues with authority. It is my mission to at least try to help steer these LESSON COMMENTS in a direction that will encourage more participation and attract and even greater diversity of Poddies.
For those of you who have been around long enough or participated to the degree that you are prt of the 'core' - this is not meant to stop your fun.
If you are worried about separate post-threads disappearing into obscurity - don't be! I stated very clearly that you can link to these 'parallel' posts in the lesson comments - you can even provide a short intro or whatever.
As for Star Trek and Klingon etc - why not start a group? Surely that's what groups were designed for.
I do not want to drag this out too far, I think I've covered the important points.
I'll post the extra policy clause in about 14 hrs time.
I'm an Aussie, come-on! We live for fun!
Posted on: Lessons and Comment Policy
July 12, 2009 at 4:12 AM@Bodawei
-Sorry, I forgot to say in the N&F; 'linguistic and cultural'. Culture is of major importance in learning a language.
- New policy will be uploaded by mid-week, I'll post a copy of it in this N&F comments section tomorrow.
@Mark
1.Q:
It seems to me that more-often-than-not, but not all of, my content related questions went unanswered, especially if I asked the question after a few days or longer after lesson publication. Is there or will there be an increased effort to patrol the comments for policy conformant questions?
A: Hopefully this will lead to a higher proportion of lesson related cultural and linguistic discussion (because we'll be moderating more), which will therefore make it easier for us to list the content related questions and answer them.
2. Q:
What is the policy for comments about whether we liked the lesson and discussion about the lesson topic? (as opposed to the linguistic content of the lesson)
A: Discussing this is fine to a degree, if it digresses too far we can always create a parallel thread for such discussion - linking to it from the lessons' comments section.
3. Q:
Is there any change in policy towards user initiated comment threads?
A: User created posts' policy remains unchanged:
We also reserve the right to reject personal attacks, false/unsubstantiated allegations, spamming of any kind, and comments that include vulgar language or libelous statements.
Posted on: No TV Before Your Test!
July 11, 2009 at 1:34 AM@Mystic Perhaps if he was able to study things we was really interested in, and in a fun and engaging way he'd have a different attitude. When I was in school I was always procrastinating too - but I was lucky in that I still did quite well. I think it was perfect grades in the stuff I was really interested in that tipped the balance though. I hope boarding school doesn't mess with him.
Posted on: Xinjiang Delicacies
July 8, 2009 at 3:36 PMWow it all depends. These days I'd tend to eat the kebabs cooked out front of actual Xinjiang Restaurants rather than off random street side stalls. I know at theese restaurants they can range from 2-3kuai in Shanghai, although I recall 3 for 2 kuai a few years ago in Suzhou.
Posted on: Xinjiang Delicacies
July 8, 2009 at 2:21 PM@chrisgee Tell me more about your location...then I'll ask around :)
Posted on: 古埃及
July 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM@calicartel I'll look into it tomorrow. :)
Posted on: Ordering Songs at Karaoke
July 8, 2009 at 9:47 AM@Stevecorry 北京的music scene可能比较vibrant其实上海的也不错。再说呢，你要是去上海的酒吧看乐队表演，也会发现人非常多。不管在中国的哪个地方，喜欢主流的中国人都喜欢去唱卡拉ok。说实话我也认识一些搞摇滚乐队的朋友们，他们也喜欢去唱卡拉OK。:@
Posted on: 沙漠寻踪四
July 13, 2009 at 8:22 AMfrom wikipedia: