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posted by NCommander on Thursday April 10 2014, @05:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the if-we-accidently-implemented-something-we-promised-is-it-still-a-bug? dept.
I'm pleased to announce that moderate then post has now been implemented. In truth, its been implemented since the last major update due to a bug. Before releasing slashcode 14.04, I was experimenting with moderate^post code on dev, and the code was merged in with the basis that it would be enabled as part of the moderation reworks. Theoretically, this code should have been disabled. In actuality, I skewed a variable; the global that controls this functionality was not 100% properly implemented.

mrcoolbp noticed the bug today, and seeing as we needed a code change either way to properly fix it, I decided to roll this bit of the moderation rework out early. I'm not thrilled on squishing two bugs in production on the same day, and I'm going to be working with the dev team to get a rigorous QA plan put together (which will be posted here) before we do any more major updates to the site.

Until then, enjoy the new functionality.

NCommander adds: I'm giving this a one time bump on the main index as it was posted very late for US based users. We *really really* need a featured story feature.
 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by rts008 on Thursday April 10 2014, @09:29AM

    by rts008 (3001) on Thursday April 10 2014, @09:29AM (#29337)

    To be fair, I think you and your staff/minions/co-workers have not only revived what drew us to 'that other site', but also improved it.

    Regardless of that, you all have been very open about everything, and even if decisions were made that did not please everyone, the majority seem to be pleased. (I, for one, am very pleased!)

    You(and all of SN) are doing well, and keep up the good work, and most of all...take pride in what has been accomplished so far, it is deserved IMHO.

    Yeah, we will expect the impossible instantly(or faster), flame you and abuse you, but take heart!..it means we love you.(slight sarcasm)

    I used to be a special forces team leader(US Army), and I can tell you from experience:
    If they are bitching about trivial/mundane crap, then all is well, all is right with the world.
    It's when the gripes take a pattern, or things get really quiet that there is a problem.(like being a parent)

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday April 10 2014, @06:41PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday April 10 2014, @06:41PM (#29633) Homepage

    Hear, hear.

    The human element is by far one of the best aspects of this site. Allowing common users to chat with the engaged leadership (and other users) via IRC, showing that they have soul and personality (often at the risk of them sounding "unprofessional," but fuck being professional, those with sticks up their ass about it can kindly fuck off back to the Green Site).

    It's a refreshing change of pace from the arrogant "ivory-tower/fuck you serfs you do what we want" attitude the editors at the Green Site had. Though admittedly I started lurking the Green Site around '03, so maybe the editors there used to be cool before the power and "fame"(ha.) got to their heads. Perhaps somebody old-skool can provide more context.

    If you could see NCommander during one of his ranting status announcements, he would most likely look something like this. [imageshack.us]

    And fuck yeah to extending the functionality and listening to the crowd, seizing this opportunity by the balls, rather than simply riding on the coattails of Slashdot's funny-smelling corpse. If you're still around when I finish up my CS degree in a couple years, maybe I'll pitch-in and contribute direct manpower to the project. Godspeed, staff!