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engnr_chik replied on August 04, 2008 16:30 to the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

Amir, This seemed to work since your last comment, but today a plurk from someone I had marked as "unfollow" showed up on my timeline. I went back in the timeline and found one other plurk from here, but she doesnt' post very often so I don't know if this just started or has been going on for awhile. I marked her "follow" then "unfollow" again, and it looks like her plurks disappeared from my timeline. I have a few other friends who are marked "unfollow" and I'm pretty sure they don't show up on the timeline.

I can send you an email listing the plurkers I've unfollowed, if that helps.

MissM replied on July 24, 2008 20:53 to the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

I tried to unfollow someone's plurks and it appears to have worked. I did follow, then unfollow. Will update if there's a change. Thanks for fixing this!

A comment on the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

thank you! plurk rocks! :D – bunneh, on July 24, 2008 15:18

A comment on the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

Thank you! I just re-unfollowed any that were still showing up, and so far they're staying off my timeline! (Wish we had the dancing banana on here.) :) – Teeg, on July 24, 2008 13:31

Amir Salihefendic replied on July 24, 2008 12:58 to the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

With the help of the great community, this bug is now fixed. Thanks for those that emailed me.

In the future: you just unfollow a friend to unfollow this person.

If you have some friends, that are unfollowed, but you still receive plurks from them, then do following: Go to their profile page, follow them and then unfollow them (this will reset the following).

Hope it works this time.

A comment on the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

I just e-mailed you. Hope it helps. :) – Teeg, on July 23, 2008 15:22

A comment on the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

thanks! i just emailed you some information. – bunneh, on July 22, 2008 05:55

Amir Salihefendic replied on July 21, 2008 16:53 to the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

This bug really bugs us as we can't reproduce it.

If someone can mail me (amix at amix.dk) with information on what user you are trying to unfollow (nick name) and a description on what you try (how to reproduce the bug).

I will gladly look into it as it's a frustrating issue for us as well.

Kind regards,
Amir

A comment on the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

wow, that's really bad :( – bunneh, on July 21, 2008 16:41

bunneh replied on July 21, 2008 16:41 to the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

this bug is affecting me too, and no the plurks are not private nor clique-locked. frustrating.

A comment on the idea "Explain karma loss or gain." in Plurk:

With respect, that's nonsense. If everybody knows the algorithm then it will be a level playing field. People will have the ability to post based on knowledge, as opposed to speculation (the current situation) and will not be penalized by what they don't know (the current situation). What could possibly be wrong with that? As for social interaction, social people will interact in ways that they want to regardless of what's going on with karma. None of the "crap" posts deters me from using cliques to target serious discussions or from initiating them on my public timeline. – Greg Fowler, on July 18, 2008 21:52

A comment on the idea "Explain karma loss or gain." in Plurk:

Please tell how publishing the karma algorithm would expose Plurk to abuse? Continued secrecy will allow people who know the algorithm to capitalize on their secret knowledge to the detriment of the rest of us. Maybe you're one of the one's "in the know"? – Greg Fowler, on July 18, 2008 21:47

trinkit replied on July 18, 2008 21:45 to the idea "Explain karma loss or gain." in Plurk:

Darthweef, I personally feel that would be nice, especially cause user-feedback from the crowd that is knowledgeble about such things would be able to build a much more robust algorithm. But, I definately would just settle for clear notifications of why you gained or lost karma.

darthweef replied on July 18, 2008 21:32 to the idea "Explain karma loss or gain." in Plurk:

Trinkit -
I will agree that some explanation would be nice ... definitely notification of when someone blocks, or unfollows you..

I just would hate to see ( x number of plurks + x new friend = x amount of karma. )

trinkit replied on July 18, 2008 21:24 to the idea "Explain karma loss or gain." in Plurk:

Darthweef, if they cannot prevent that with an open algorithm, then they should not have implemented a karma system in the first place. It needs to be open and well defined to avoid frustration with the system as it currently is. Or hell, even if not open, it needs to -explain- why you just lost .9 karma (not enough plurking) or, XXXX stopped following you, or XXXX muted a plurk, etc.

darthweef replied on July 18, 2008 21:18 to the idea "Explain karma loss or gain." in Plurk:

trinkit -

I am not advocating security through obscurity, what I am saying is that if people know the algorithm, they will post based on that knowledge and then plurk becomes less about social interaction, and more about random crap posts for the sole purpose of getting Karma..

A comment on the idea "Explain karma loss or gain." in Plurk:

I agree, keeping things secure by not letting people know how it works, isn't the best way of doing things... some small secrets here and there are okay, but keeping the entire system secret is a nono. – akiraokami, on July 18, 2008 21:05

trinkit replied on July 18, 2008 20:53 to the idea "Explain karma loss or gain." in Plurk:

Darthweef, if a system can not be opened up and still be resilient to abuse, then it should not be used. Security through obscurity is -never- good.

MissM replied on July 18, 2008 20:18 to the idea "Explain karma loss or gain." in Plurk:

I definitely wish that karma was more defined, and not a mystery.

jakarta replied on July 18, 2008 03:01 to the question "Can't turn off "timeline follow"" in Plurk:

like jay, i also have removed some friends just because this bug still exists, and now i see one person still in my timeline who is not a friend. STRANGER IN MY TIMELINE. this is ridiculous.

i would agree if they say if i'm not willing to follow them then why add them as friend, but then WHY make a follow/unfollow option on friends? this is about a broken feature!