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Re: Strategic Rating (Was: Re: Next and Prev buttons or links)
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 02:08:09 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Boger writes:
what if instead of seeing a number as the rating (which we can all read
and react to) we'll see it as a color - anywhere from #00FF00 for 100 to
#FF0000 for 0 - it won't be obvious what the exact rating was (and it
doesn't really matter what it is), but we'll be able to tell what the
general idea is...

In a way, it's kinda like that now, at least in the sense that the amount of
color gets progressively stronger as more and more people give input.  Thus,
something rated by no one is pure gray, and something rated by only one or
two people is pale red.  It only turns strong red or strong black when there
are about 5 or more people (it's a gradual fade).

Er, what I just wrote was backwards.  You're talking about having color but
no numbers?  How is that different from having the numbers?  Even the 6x6x6
safe palette shows six gradations of red from black to red, and very few
people here (as a percentage) are running 8-bit anymore (from a survey here
a year ago, so it must be even lower now).

--Todd



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  Re: Strategic Rating (Was: Re: Next and Prev buttons or links)
 
(...) it's different because when you see a number, I think you're more likely to think "nonono, this post should be a 70, not a 30" - when you see a color, it's a less obvious thought.... and another question (just curious really) - since most (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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  Re: Strategic Rating (Was: Re: Next and Prev buttons or links)
 
(...) In a way, it's kinda like that now, at least in the sense that the amount of color gets progressively stronger as more and more people give input. Thus, something rated by no one is pure gray, and something rated by only one or two people is (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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