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    Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating) —Peter White
   In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: snip,snip,snip... (...) That's probably a good idea (it doesn't worry me) for the sensitive, but people will always be tempted to look at their 'mark' and get upset. (...) I think the rating system has a (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
   
        Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating) —Todd Lehman
   (...) Here BTW is a quick example of a "top N" list (N=40)... (URL) just an experimental page, and it may go away without notice. I'll leave it up for at least a few days, though, for feedback. It's updated once hourly by a cron job. The ratings (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) ! 
   
        Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating) —Peter White
     (...) I like the top 40, and hope it stays. I was hopefully speaking for others with the 'less time' comment, I myself use the web browser to look for interesting post titles or hop into ng's I have an interest in, I admit to spending hours browsing (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
    
         Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating) —Todd Lehman
     (...) Any suggestions on a better title than "top 40"? If there wasn't already something called "Spotlight," that might be a good name for it. I'm wary that "top 40" sounds possibly like it's putting things up on a pedestal or too much like the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating) —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) articles are ones expressing dissatisfaction or concern with the rating system.... as the old saying goes, you can vote yourself OUT of a democracy but you can't vote yourself back into one. If the ratings system survives in some form, this (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

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