User "ping whitelist" (ideasforvoat)

submitted ago by argosciv

Concept:

A user-defined whitelist of accounts which are allowed to trigger notifications via pings; accounts which ping the user and are not whitelisted, will not cause a notification to appear in the "submission mentions" & "comment mentions" of the user's inbox.

 

Implementation:

  • User account setting - boolean - "Enable ping whitelist" (checkbox toggle, false by default)

  • User account setting - text - "Ping whitelist" (text input similar to recipient field for private message, usernames separated by comma and space; ", ", empty by default)

  • User inbox modification - new section - "Junk Submission Mentions" (If ping whitelist is enabled, non-whitelisted submission mentions are stored here without affecting the unread notifications alert/count for the inbox icon in the login/logout/user panel)

  • User inbox modification - new section - "Junk Comment Mentions" (If ping whitelist is enabled, non-whitelisted comment mentions are stored here without affecting the unread notifications alert/count for the inbox icon in the login/logout/user panel)

 

Why?

Because Dial_Indicator is a sperging, spamming faggot. If he, and others like him, won't be banned for it, users should have some way of preventing him/others from creating a mess in their inbox.

 

@PuttItOut @Peaceseeker @Cynabuns @Crensch @Vindicator

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SeanBox ago

how can we ping users that we don't regularly talk to without being on their whitelist?

argosciv ago

Establish rapport with them in public or private.

The whitelist would be disabled initially/by default, so it's unlikely that many users would enable it without reason to (eg: being ping spammed previously by Dial or people like him).

SeanBox ago

I know this is currently a relatively small community but I have pinged people I don't know simply because of a comment chain they were involved in. If you don't know the person at all this would make it impossible to get their attention.

argosciv ago

I see your point.

Possible workaround as part of implementation:

  • User account setting - boolean - "Display ping whitelist status" (Checkbox toggle. If enabled, user's profile publicly states whether or not they currently have ping whitelist enabled. True by default.)

This would allow you to check if the user has whitelist enabled. If they do, you could pm a link to the comment you want them to see and ask if they're happy to whitelist you. If you were to then become a problem, they could simply take you off their whitelist and/or block you to prevent any further communication via pm.

DietCokehead1 ago

Too complicated. Makes more sense just to have a ping blacklist.

argosciv ago

The problem there, though, is a blacklist would do nothing to address the use of unknown alt accounts from creating a mess -- which, dial seems to have countless which have ages ranging from ~14days to months/years.

Blocking users already fulfills the role of a ping blacklist.

A ping whitelist would address the situation of unknown accounts coming along and making a mess which otherwise takes up the time of the user.

Dortex ago

Seems like a small problem almost nobody faces. It's a waste of time to do this.