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Re: Message rating again
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:35:31 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, James Brown writes:
Weeel, I don't know who's doing that, but since the rating of a message is
something that will be (is?) incorporated into how high a message scores on a
search, it strikes me as good that someone's rating down the .test messages.

I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but currently the .test messages
don't get searched (even via the .test search box) so it follows that Todd will
keep this policy when the scores are included in the rankings.  So rating those
messages (especially down) just wastes your time.

On the other hand, that seems like a good place to test out the ratings system.
There are lots of messages and none of the scores matter.

Ben Roller



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(...) Yes, you are correct. Test messages do not participate in searches; not even searches on the web test page. That search box is simply there by default but can serve no purpose other than consistency among lugnet page displays. If anyone really (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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(...) Weeel, I don't know who's doing that, but since the rating of a message is something that will be (is?) incorporated into how high a message scores on a search, it strikes me as good that someone's rating down the .test messages. James (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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