On 08/11/2007, Platonides <Platonides(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Most our users are zombies. They don't read the
messages, they don't
mind that you wrote IT WILL BE DELETED on size 120pt on the previous
page. They just go on. As such, we pay them with their same money. We
put a generic text notifying them. They ignore it and the image gets
deleted on a week.
Really impersonal. You can't think on the real life on a person putting
images on the wif there's someone in front of them shouting not to. You
would expect them to listen and talk. On the other hand, on the real
life he could get angry when you remove all his polemon uploads when he
has gone some steps away.
So, this is interesting. I notice this too. But which came first: the
templates that turn people into zombies, or the zombie users that
deserve nothing more than a template?
So... what can we do that forces(?)/encourages people to engage as
human beings, rather than act like zombies?
Is it partly language difference? (even though all the warnings have
the links on them...) Is it an attitude like "commons isn't my project
so I'm not invested in it, whenever I get a template warning it's THEM
being jerks"? (emphasise us vs them)
Regarding the web chat idea Greg had, could something like that work
on the toolserver?
cheers,
Brianna
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