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Re: the latest news
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:18:28 GMT
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message
news:Ft7z7A.8Hp@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Charles Eric McCarthy writes:
> > I think it was a good idea. This comment makes me glad I read news in a
> > real newsreader and don't have my expectations colored by ratings.
> > It sounds like the ratings are more an indication of the people who rate
> > things than of how interesting the post might be.
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> The ratings indicate a reaction and collective recommendation to read.
Does anyone use them in this way generally?
> In
> the .lego.* groups, which are primarily intended as a communications link • to
> the LEGO Comapny (.lego.direct in paricular), their primary reason for
> existing is to channel feedback to LEGO in a way that they can best use.
>
> Thus, a suggestion deemed useless
Deemed useless by who? What percentage of the readers have voted on any
individual post in Brad's latest thread? <2%? <1%? <0.5%? Additionally do
those who have voted represent the view of all the other readers? Do they
even represent those who will buy from LD?
Scott A
> to LEGO (i.e., noise) might nevertheless be
> a great suggestion and might receive a higher rating in a different group, • for
> example .general.
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> A post asking for the resurrection of Forestmen, for example, might be a • great
> suggestion, but its use to LEGO is nil -- nothing but pure noise -- a • complete
> and utter waste of bandwidth. If LEGO wants to bring Forestmen back, • they'll
> make that decision without us. If they wanted our input for product line
> recommendations, they surely wouldn't waste their time reading one-of
> suggestions and me-too's in text-based newsgroups.
>
> I've only seen 3 or 4 messages so far to this group which (in my mind) • might
> be any use to LEGO, and the rest are just line noise -- but there's • nothing
> wrong with that(!) if the collective ratings end up helping Brad in the • long
> run. He can choose to ignore them and read everything, or start with the
> higher rated ones and read through the lower rated ones later.
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> So far, the ratings seem to be working very well for this .lego.direct • group,
> at least so far as the numbers I'm seeing do agree well with the posts I'd
> recommend to Brad. Brad of course would need to give us feedback on how • well
> we are rating things if before we could really know for sure.
>
> --Todd
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| (...) By the people casting opinions, of course...in their best guess of how useful something might be to Brad. (...) It doesn't matter one iota whether or not the people choosing to cast opinions represent the view of all the readers in this case (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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