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Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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Date: 
Tue, 4 Apr 2000 23:45:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
...what might have
been done to make my post more useful.

If you're talking about...

  http://www.lugnet.com/dear-lego/?n=2030

...I can only speak for myself (not the other 40-value that's there, and I
hope whoever it is feels no pressure to speak up)

Here's my thinking, no one should feel pressure. But... feedback works better
if one knows why. Normally I don't ask. But when I do, it's because I'm
genuinely curious and want to improve. (no one OWES a post good feedback
because of who the poster is, or what the topic is)

I guess I was more bothered by my post asking how to improve getting low
ratings than the first one.


Ratings do not IMHO and should not IMHO need to be justified.

Agree. But they're RATINGS, that is, one presumably is using them as a guide.
The reader is guided in what to read and the writer who cares is guided in what
to write. If he or she can figure out what the issue is, that is.

++Lar



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  Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
 
(...) Article ratings aren't supposed to be feedback. The ratings are supposed to describe to readers approximately how helpful or useful or interesting or fun an article might be to them -- giving them some sense of what to expect. (...) What's (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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  Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
 
(...) If you're talking about... (URL) can only speak for myself (not the other 40-value that's there, and I hope whoever it is feels no pressure to speak up) but IIRC, I gave it a 40 because I was quite confident that the trains would turn out to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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