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Re: Is there a right or wrong way to use the vote?
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Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:47:10 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> [...] Tell it how _you_ reacted to the article,
> not how you imagine others will react or how high quality you think the
> article was.
> [...]
> The ratings are supposed approximate the probability that a random viewer
> will enjoy or not enjoy a particular article.
> [...]
> I'd say the "encouraged" way to use it is to mark your own personal reaction
> and that only. Make it completely independent of how you think other people
> will react. That's what the _average_ is for.
That said, and maybe the following goes without saying, but try not to rate
articles that you haven't read, or that you can't read because they're in a
language you don't speak. :)
--Todd
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| (...) What about strategic rating? Eg. thinking that a post is worth 70, but giving it 100 because someone else has already put it down to 40. This one is hard to avoid as it is tempting! I'm in the process of trying to create my personal rating (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) It's designed to work with biases. Tell it how _you_ reacted to the article, not how you imagine others will react or how high quality you think the article was. If you have a personal disgust with some particular person and mark their (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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