for what is surely the millionth time, the need to have the option of deleting testimonials that you write for people in the event they become psychos or transform their profiles into something wholly offensive.
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 3:17 PMI have added this feature request to the pile. You're right that several people have asked for this before, although I don't know if any other sites allow you to retract the love you bestow upon others... -
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 3:25 PMKynde ov ze strange concept, tayking baxxx vun's kyndely words. In ze magickal ethers, enny ping eez poosibull!
'tis ze pity zat zeez wood be necessary, butt some folks doo change entou das Capitan Trollios und I wood razzle knot hav mein stamp ov arooooooval continue tou beastowed upon zem.
I hav in ze past axed only vun ass cabbage tou kyndely reemove mein kudos, und sheee complied.
I wood imagine in some cases ze troll wood say "nein." Purrhaps in zeez instance, donut take avay ze kudos butt insteadd alllow ze original author ze addendum!
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 3:54 PMFriendster does.
In all it's lameness, friendster has always allowed you to do this.
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Sat, July 15, 2006 - 1:14 PMThe problem which pile is it in?
The bushels of burning email?
The steaming hot pile of dog turds?
The rottong mass of Apathy?
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 3:54 PM"I don't know if any other sites allow you to retract the love you bestow upon others..."
Makes one want to be a little stingier with one's love, for sure.
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 3:56 PMyeah: taking love back is so..ick...
better add some bitchy, snide comment for another testimonial...
The balance keeps people humble about the beauty and wonder of love.
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 4:04 PMyou always have the option to uncheck it -
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 4:07 PMI think she's talking about deleting the testimonial for someone else profile that you made about them
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 4:12 PMahhh yes, i'm obviously working too hard..
must take a break soon......
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 4:59 PMAnother intriguing option, assuming you had a buddy-buddy who turned whacko on you, is to put a card on YOUR profile, featuring one of their images, say, and saying something like "Wow, I thought this person was so cool, and then I found out they kick puppies for a living. I've asked them to remove my rec, but they won't because they are cocks. If you're wondering, I think they are wicked beastly things that need anally-fitted rabid weasels."
Then you make a deal with them -- they remove your testimonial and you'll remove your own declaration.
Of course, they might just deactivate the testimonial for a while, until they're trying to impress the next sucker. -
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 5:04 PMExcept what you are suggesting is a violation of TOU, or if it's not a direct violation, I've known scores of people who were TOU'ed for that kind of thing.
You should be able to rescind testimonials just as you also SHOULD be ablt to rescind recommendations when the product turns out to be a freak...er....shitty business. -
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 5:08 PMNah, I'm NOT suggesting violating the TOU.
You word it in such a way that it dosn't violate the TOU. Could be simple as "Hey, all that stuff I said about that other person? I now think just the OPPOSITE! But they won't take my testimonial down even though I've asked them to, which, well, is even more obnoxious than ever!"
Not a perfect solution, but beats the impotence of mislaid love. Then, you can still wait until that function comes down without being left out to dry.
(I'm assuming you've asked the person to remove the testimonial...?)
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Tue, July 11, 2006 - 5:22 PM<I'm assuming you've asked the person to remove the testimonial...?) >
all in theory, my friend. Besides, I'm sure there are occassions where doing so makes matters worse, no? It's the same reason people aren't notified when you slink quietly off their networks. You don't want ot rile the beast...so to speak.
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Sat, July 15, 2006 - 1:16 PMSorry Ed...
Just posting another persons tribe picture, no edit, no sarcasm, no anything is enough to not only get you TOU'd but deleted from the system.
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Mon, July 24, 2006 - 10:37 AMI was in a hellish snafuu to get a monster to remove my testimonial. He only did when I told him I was going to tell people all the crap he says about them behind their backs. Like for example, how he describes his roommate as "The Failed Dominatrix" and tells everyone that her boyfriend can't get it up without the Levitra his mommy buys. If he says things like this about someone he lives with and who trusts him, he's just not a good person, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. He finally removed it, but he reported me as violating TOU. My feeling is that TOU did not provide me any option, since I had been asking him to remove the testimonial for 6 months.
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Mon, July 24, 2006 - 1:17 PMthis will be availble in our next release. -
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Mon, July 24, 2006 - 2:39 PMNice.
I've been sorta' turning this isue around in my mind and I can see how such a thing could be useful for when people turn evil.
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Mon, July 24, 2006 - 2:48 PMOf course, what does all of this say about one's critical faculties......
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Mon, July 24, 2006 - 2:51 PM"one's", who knows? Who cares. About mine? Nothing different than they ever have been. never had a problem with my critical faculties before, can't see a problem with them now. Whatever. -
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Mon, July 24, 2006 - 2:57 PMI guess my point is that there are any number of people traipsing around tribe, friend collecting without actually probably having any substantive dialogue. People write nice words about people they don't bother to get to know. Same said people get in a fit when reality - or at least a fuller picture of someone else comes home to roost...
Then the whining...
~MTS~
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Mon, July 24, 2006 - 3:02 PM>People write nice words about people they don't bother to get to know. <
If anything, I think that supports the idea of Tribe being more flexible to allow deletion of testimonials.
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Mon, July 24, 2006 - 4:46 PM"Same said people get in a fit when reality - or at least a fuller picture of someone else comes home to roost."
Sure. Um, that's kinda the point, i thought.
I still prefer saving my love for people I know in person and I tend to keep that opinion of them for a very long time. So, for me, this isn't that much of an issue. But after chewing on it for a while, I can see how some folks might discover they had been... hasty... and want to take back their words.
Not much different than the same power of "friending": it has to be mutual -- if either party withdraws it, it evaporates.
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Tue, August 8, 2006 - 1:46 PMthank goodness! I think this makes testimonials worth more in a way because if you can take them away and you don't then you are still endorcing that person.
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Wed, August 9, 2006 - 7:51 PMugh! Yeah real irritating factor that would be nice to correct! Way back when I wrote a testimonial for someone who ended up being a total shmuck and he kept it up there for ages even when I had him placed on ignore and I had to ask him like three times to take it down before he finally did! -
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Fri, June 6, 2008 - 3:46 PMany word on when this feature will be available? Someone I gave a testimonial turned out to be a real ass and I want to remove what I wrote and I know asking him wouldn't do anything. -
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Fri, June 6, 2008 - 8:08 PMI thought that there was a "withdraw testimonial" function.. or am I dreaming (will check when I have more time.. but need to log out now.. ) -
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Fri, June 6, 2008 - 11:16 PMJust checked ... go the the profile of your "friend" - view their testimonials.. against yours there will be "retract testimonial "
Cheers
Your Friendly Neighborhood Bloke :)
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