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Re: New feature: Article rating
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Date: 
Sun, 26 Mar 2000 03:47:15 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes:
I think questions should be voted - especially if the answer is wanted by a
lot of people, but does that mean that the question post should be voted
lower once it has been answered? From a "Show me all the best articles"
perspective it's good, from a history "What sort of posts are good"
persepective, it's not so good though! It perhaps depends on whether the
table is time-based or not?

Elapsed time (or article age) will be a parameter to that display, yes.
Selectable at view-time, and using some kind of bell curve to weight it.

--Todd



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(...) Agreed! (...) I think questions should be voted - especially if the answer is wanted by a lot of people, but does that mean that the question post should be voted lower once it has been answered? From a "Show me all the best articles" (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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