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Re: Ratings thrown out; changed to Highlighting (was: Re: the latest news)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 22 Apr 2000 05:24:24 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, John Gramley writes:
> > [...]
> > I do have one concern and that has to do with automatically generating the
> > Spotlight page based on these recommendations. The concern is that
> > significantly fewer posts will show up. Reloading the current Spotlight
> > page indicates that only one post (Brad Justus' Lego Direct post) in the
> > 4-5 days it shows would warrant being on the page.
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> Good point, but keep in mind that it's using old data -- collected under the
> old system. Having an explicit "Spotlight" highlighting choice may (ought to)
> make this not only easier but clearer for people.
Definitely agree. It sure makes it easier for me to know what to rate and
what the rating specifically.
> > I think that either the threshold should be lowered, or that some hand-
> > picking will still have to be done. Or I suppose you could automate it so
> > that any posts that have received some number of spotlight recommendations
> > (like 3 or 4) regardless of other recommendations are listed on the
> > Spotlight.
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> Yup, the threshold can be set to 75 or 80 or 60 or whatever it turns out to
> need (since everything internally is still 0-100). The "Spotlight" choice
> that people pick is just a recommendatoin (taken seriously, of course) but
> perhaps the Spotlight page "itself" could have its own opinion (i.e. the
> threshold) if it needed to.
Do you mean something like it could "change its mind" daily to make sure that
some minimun number of posts show up?
> Wanna get it 100% automated, if possible. Not sure what to do about the left
> column though -- no one has said it's useful or not useful. But IT's what
> chews up so much time, and why I need desperately to shed the Spotlight from
> my daily/weekly duties.
I completely understand wanting it automated. Now about that left column...
I have always thought it was uselful but not necessary. Most subject posts
are clear enough to not need the summary. Maybe the usefullness of the
subject line could be considered when trying to decide whether to rate as
spotlight or just highlight.
John Gramley
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