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Subject:	Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:08:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Peter White writes: > > 3. How would you feel (better or worse) if the ratings were not even > > collected and collated in the first place? (i.e. the destruction of the > > feature altogether) > > No it should stay, as Lugnet traffic grows we will need some tool to pick > items of most interest for those of us with less time. Here BTW is a quick example of a "top N" list (N=40)... http://www.lugnet.com/top40.cgi It's just an experimental page, and it may go away without notice. I'll leave it up for at least a few days, though, for feedback. It's updated once hourly by a cron job. The ratings aren't shown in the listing itself, only in the body of the article snippet. Your personal news-filter settings from http://www.lugnet.com/news/filter/ aren't taken into account here -- this page currently shows everything in the system. One thing to try (if you're a member) -- go through a few of these, and rate a few of the ones you haven't rated, and then check back a few hours later to see how/if the list changed. --Todd

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		Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
(...) I like the top 40, and hope it stays. I was hopefully speaking for others with the 'less time' comment, I myself use the web browser to look for interesting post titles or hop into ng's I have an interest in, I admit to spending hours browsing (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
(...) articles are ones expressing dissatisfaction or concern with the rating system.... as the old saying goes, you can vote yourself OUT of a democracy but you can't vote yourself back into one. If the ratings system survives in some form, this (...) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: snip,snip,snip... (...) That's probably a good idea (it doesn't worry me) for the sensitive, but people will always be tempted to look at their 'mark' and get upset. (...) I think the rating system has a (...) (26 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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