editing testimonials

Or, you know, they can post a testimonial so other people can see what they think of you...

we used to be able to edit them.

^^ I agree.

I like the feature. When someone tries to friend me I look at them, if they have none I question their activity and possible creepiness on the site.

I do love that the testimonials feature is there. I especially like leaving drunken ones where I pour my heart out and proclaim my ever-lasting love for someone. They're fun as hell to read the next day, two months, or years down the road. It's a nice way to see a snapshot of what your relationship with that person was at the time. While it might not be what a lot of folks see as the intended purpose of the feature, it does provide some use.

I love seeing ones that people have left for me years back. Obviously I don't read them near as much as say the My SG page or the groups listing, but every so often I'll go through and read what people had to say about me ages back. It even serves as a lil bit of a graveyard kindo thing.

I've thought for some time it'd be cool as hell to be able to edit someone elses testimonial that they left for you and put in whatever you want. The potential for abuse is certainly most definitely there but it's the abuse that'd make it so fun. But of course after a matter of minutes of us having that ability all of the testimonials on the entire site would be nonsense that only the poster and reciever would understand.

I actually like the idea that no one could edit or delete them (except for the moderators in the event of a TOS violation). A testimonial should be there forever. A reply button, however, that could be useful. So that we could reply to something and say how your opinion of the person has changed. Not that it's much trouble to copy n paste what you wrote before into a new post though.

I agree. They make me laugh every single time I read them and I love leaving them to other people that deserve it. Not so much for serious stuff, but indeed a fun feature.

I agree with you. It seems that people are using testimonials now to say "thanks for the add!" and "thanks for the comment on my set!" rather than ... actual testimonials. It's NOT your journal, people.

Then just delete the fucktarded comments and let people like me keep the honest words of old left by friends and allies.

I think it's a fun feature and it's actully put a smile on my face from time to time...

Yesw. How entirely fucked that people can leave a glowing statement for the world at large to see.

Forgive me, but could you note the total lack of dissonance between the bolded sections, then kindly explain what you meant?

They're called testimonials; of course we'll want "only the ones that are nice". If someone's sufficiently bollocks-faced that random fuckbags need to be warned away, they tend to get publicly shamed well enough on their own. Or zotted.

If the point of testimonials was regional group vouching, maybe. It's not, never was.

It's one part making your friends feel special, and one part "I'm Elichrusos and I want you to know that such and such is in no way a cunt-face".

Nobody needs to be able to list their ten favourite bands, or books, or artists. Nobody needs to be able to declare their level of kink, or pick the pidgeonholes that suit them. That shit's all superfluous; should we kill those features too? Some people don't know how to send PMs; just last week someone sent me surprise internet penis. Should we nix PMs because a bunch of douches can't wrap their heads around envoyettes?

You don't like them? Feel free not to use them. Honestly! You can go not leave me a testimonial right now. Only, I'd appreciate if you'd also excercise your right not to pee in my pudding while you're at it.

It's true, they're not a perfect litmus; but then nothing is. If you go to a party anda friend introduces you to someone they describe in glowing terms, you're not going to find out every significant negative perspective on the person[1].

And really bad people get the zot, or shamed so thoroughly the enter our vocational context[2]. I just don't think something that serves a purpose should be canned because it's not perfect.

I'm cool with the pee and all, getting people's kink good and sated is something of a hobby, only now my pudding isn't vegan.

It is if she consents.

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my question is:

who leaves a BAD testimonial???

wouldnt that person just NOT bother anymore...

I wouldnt take the time to write something negative about that person on thier page.

seems kind of childish

but but but... what if i take Elichrusos's opinion to mean a lot to me? or say, anyone creativename wants to totally bone is probably a goodlookin piece of ass i should try to e-mack on?

it's just another way of understanding the complicated social community that is SG.

but maybe i'm just being too anthropological, and we should get back to the tits and forget interaction whatsoever