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Re: New feature: Article rating
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Date: 
Sun, 26 Mar 2000 01:18:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman & Suzanne Rich writes:

*  As you contribute more input, the system can learn how your input
  correlates with the input of others.  It could even attempt to highlight
  things it thinks you might find particularly interesting.

*  The rating engine could be put to generalized use, for example, in rating
  LEGO sets, voting on sites for CLSotW, in judging contests, and so forth.
  A sort of match-making service may even develop!

In my initial excitement, I missed the above - that's a really cute idea!
Although if it correlated two people that liked the same themes there may be
fights in TRU :)

The ability to change how much you score the article is cool, and it probably
is not an issue - but should there be a way to change your mind so
that you can express 'no opinion' after you have voted?

Richard



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  New feature: Article rating
 
LUGNET's article rating system is now running and hungry for input! As the community continues to grow, so does the challenge in keeping up. Some days it can be difficult to find exciting content among the hundreds of new messages. To aid browsing, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce) !! 

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