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Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
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Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:08:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Peter White writes:
3.  How would you feel (better or worse) if the ratings were not even
collected and collated in the first place?  (i.e. the destruction of the
feature altogether)

No it should stay, as Lugnet traffic grows we will need some tool to pick
items of most interest for those of us with less time.

Here BTW is a quick example of a "top N" list (N=40)...

   http://www.lugnet.com/top40.cgi

It's 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 aren't shown in the listing itself, only in the
body of the article snippet.  Your personal news-filter settings from

   http://www.lugnet.com/news/filter/

aren't taken into account here -- this page currently shows everything in the
system.

One thing to try (if you're a member) -- go through a few of these, and rate
a few of the ones you haven't rated, and then check back a few hours later to
see how/if the list changed.

--Todd



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) 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)
 
(...) 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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  Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
 
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)  

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