 | | | | | | |
| |
|
In lugnet.admin.general, Thomas Main writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Todd Lehman writes:
> <snip>
> > The ratings indicate a reaction and collective recommendation to read. In
> > the .lego.* groups, which are primarily intended as a communications link to
> > the LEGO Comapny (.lego.direct in paricular), their primary reason for
> > existing is to channel feedback to LEGO in a way that they can best use. • <snip>
> > --Todd
>
> The rating system has seriously made me (and perhaps others?) consider
> returning my LUGNET membership card. It seems to me that a few people enjoy
> rating the "newsworthiness" of others' thoughts and opinions...perhaps out of
> some false sense of ego or power...and the rest of us sit awaiting their
> judgment :(
I think the rating system is generally a good thing. I also think that some
types of messages shouldn't be rated at all, especially posts announcing
pictures of original creations. There was at least one case where I've seen a
post like this being rated below 50. So even if you don't like John's Ninja
fortress/Spaceship/Whatever and don't have anything positive to say about it,
please keep it to yourself and don't rate at all rather than leaving a low
rating. Nobody wants to hear that their creation sucks even if it really
does ;-) especially when it took them many hours/days/months to build it.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |
|
D. Jezek wrote:
> I think the rating system is generally a good thing. I also think that some
> types of messages shouldn't be rated at all, especially posts announcing
> pictures of original creations. There was at least one case where I've seen a
> post like this being rated below 50. So even if you don't like John's Ninja
> fortress/Spaceship/Whatever and don't have anything positive to say about it,
> please keep it to yourself and don't rate at all rather than leaving a low
> rating. Nobody wants to hear that their creation sucks even if it really
> does ;-) especially when it took them many hours/days/months to build it.
If one takes the rating system as a judge of usefullness, I would be
inclined to rate MOC posts high if the creation was really worth looking
at because it was so impressive, or demonstrated some nifty technique or
something. I would be inclined to down-rate such posts which have broken
links, point to web sites which are really obnoxious, point to just one
small, dark, out of focus image, etc.
On the other hand, I'm mostly ignoring the rating system, so feel free
to ignore my opinions of how to use it :-) :-)
--
Frank Filz
-----------------------------
Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
> On the other hand, I'm mostly ignoring the rating system, so feel free
> to ignore my opinions of how to use it :-) :-)
Well, I get all my LUGNET content through the e-mail exchange, and I very
rarely frequent the web interface. I don't see the ratings at all, and I
really don't care all that much. Knowing the assualt I got in debate, it
probably is better anyway. Are there a lot of people like this that don't
use the web interface?
Scott S.
--
Scott E. Sanburn
Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> http://www.aeieng.com
LEGO Page -> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html
Coming Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
> Well, I get all my LUGNET content through the e-mail exchange, and I very
> rarely frequent the web interface. I don't see the ratings at all, and I
> really don't care all that much.
Your not missing much. Just as a guide, the post below has been rated by 4
readers and has a score of 80 - which probably puts it in the top 10%.
Enjoy:
http://www.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=5468
> Knowing the assualt I got in debate, it
> probably is better anyway. Are there a lot of people like this that don't
> use the web interface?
I think Todd said before that about 50% of readers use the web interface.
Scott A
>
> Scott S.
> --
> Scott E. Sanburn
> Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> http://www.aeieng.com
> LEGO Page -> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html
> Coming Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company
>
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes:
> Your not missing much. Just as a guide, the post below has been rated by 4
> readers and has a score of 80 - which probably puts it in the top 10%.
> Enjoy:
> http://www.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=5468
That one surprises me. I marked it a 50 as soon as it appeared, but 3 other
people marked it 100. Only thing I can figure is that they thought it might
be helpful to raise its visibility. It's certainly not anything I'd call
worthy of 100 in its own right. (For anyone following along but not clicking
the URL, it's a message I posted yesterday about a mysterious payment
received).
--Todd
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |
|
Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> > http://www.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=5468
>
> That one surprises me. I marked it a 50 as soon as it appeared, but 3 • other
> people marked it 100. Only thing I can figure is that they thought it • might
> be helpful to raise its visibility. It's certainly not anything I'd call
> worthy of 100 in its own right. (For anyone following along but not • clicking
> the URL, it's a message I posted yesterday about a mysterious payment
> received).
>
> --Todd
I saw this post soon after it was posted and I rated it 100.
It is rather an important post--not for me but for someone, namely the
person who sent the payment. My reasoning behind rating it 100 was so that
it would stand out and have a better chance of being seen by the sender of
the cheque.
I wondered at the same time why Todd did not think to cross-post to
.loc.germany and even some of the other bordering nations locations groups.
The whole thing does not concern me other than I hope that the sender of the
cheque will read the post and come forward to take claim for the payment.
_______________________________________________________
Kevin Salm
....The biggest fan of the Gray Lego brick....
_______________________________________________________
| | | | | | |
