| |
In lugnet.admin.general, Thomas Main writes:
> 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 admit I do a lot of rating, I've switched over to the web interface for the
most part, partly because I had to and partly because I want to rate and see
ratings.
Despite that, I share some of Thomas's misgivings. I know that there are people
out there who do strategic rating, I am sure of it. (I expect that if a certain
person sees this reply, they will give it an 0) I know that I've seen things
rated low and seen people get upset about it. I know that I myself have asked
for guidance about an article I posted that got low ratings and didn't get any
useful feedback, rather I got stubbed for asking.
Todd can say "they don't mean anything, 30 isn't bad it isn't good, it's just
a number higher than 20 and lower than 40" till he's blue in the face but
people still are going to take them as value judgements.
That's not bad, mind you. Rating is here now, and probably is here to stay. But
part of me wishes it wasn't. So far it hasn't been all that great, although I
do see the promise
So that's my 2 cents. I find it particularly ironic that Thomas's article is
currently (as of this reading) rated 80.
However, there is one thing to consider. If you use the NNTP interface you will
not see ratings and will not know what things are rated (except when people
mention it) which might be a way to go.
++Lar
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: the latest news
|
| (...) For a few days I was thinking that too. But then I realized "I don't care," and also "I have no idea who rated this" -- they could be out to lunch for all I know, either for the duration of rating my article, or permanently. Or they could be (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: the latest news
|
| In lugnet.lego.direct, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
|
75 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
