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#52 Ignoring/Watching of thread branch only

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2009-01-24
2009-01-24
Libor Striz
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Hi,

I think ignoring ( and maybe watching too ) could be done for branch only too,
if done by ID chain.

I have realized in past it could by sometimes handy
to mark ignored only a branch of thread.

E.g. it happens that huge, in general interesting, thread
has some not so interesting or even inapproriate branches,
that I would like to "razor out".

Discussion

  • Tom Bates

    Tom Bates - 2009-01-24

    I think this is one of Richard's ideas - so you may get your wish! (I dont know about *watching* subthread, maybe just ignoring).

     

  • Libor Striz

    Libor Striz - 2009-01-25

    Yes, I think subthread ignoring is more useful too.

     

  • Richard Wood

    Richard Wood - 2009-01-25

    Hi Libor,

    One of the new features I'm currently working on is an enhancement to the Bozo bin so you can set each Bozo entry to:-
    * Ignore posts from that Bozo (the current functionality)
    * Ignore the Bozo and any immediate replies to the Bozo
    * Ignore any threads started by the Bozo.

    The last one will do what you need (but not watching branches obviously) *if* I can get it working on branches.

    Its rather problematic processing whole threads / branches as you need the whole thread available in article storage so you can work out if any parents are in the Bozo bin. If the article database is cleaned up and the Bozo parent/grandparent is removed the thread/branch will re-appear as we don't have the whole thread available to process.

    There's also performance problems, at the moment it just checks each new article against the Bozo bin, for thread processing it will have to check each new article AND all parent articles against the Bozo bin. A lot more work!

    In a nutshell - don't hold your breath! I'm working on it but its got interesting problem I need to sort out :-)

     

  • Libor Striz

    Libor Striz - 2009-01-26

    I think for subbranch processing,
    it could be useful being based also on msgID,
    because he need not to be Bozo,
    just you are not interested in it.

    If the whole thread is watched,
    then there is not problem in having bodies, that are kept by default.
    The all thing is usually short term.

    Other idea is
    manual scoring of selected article and score inheritance.

     

  • Tom Bates

    Tom Bates - 2009-01-26

    Yes - Would it be simpler (for now) to make a keyboard/toolbar command that just kills that subthread from here and tracks by ID or a special score? I think that would fulfill the function for now and in your "leisure" time :-) you could continue bozo enhancements. Even if the bozo is enhanced I think optimally there should be a command for killing off a subthread "from this point" forward, regardless of bozo status, if this is making sense. The subroutine could possibly be used by the bozo enhancements. Im just thinking out loud. I know nothing is as easy as it seems.

     

  • Tom Bates

    Tom Bates - 2009-01-27

    I don't know if this is significant - but Gravity allows strict threading (MID only) OR Subject AND IDs (see Options - > Display). There is a setting in the registry that sets the numer of chars to compare when judging a "Subject" The setting is purposely limited to avoid big performance hits. I adjusted mine a few times when threads appeared broken. I just thought I would note it, in case the subject threading thing introduces a complication.

     

  • Richard Wood

    Richard Wood - 2009-01-27

    Thanks both.

    All this kind of stuff is a large headache. There's tonnes of code related to it and I've got to get inside Als head to realise how he's designed it all, then and only then can I work out how to change it!

    It won't be a quick fix (either will the Bozo bin enhancements)

     
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