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Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:09:15 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
I think I've already said just about everything I have to say on this topic :)
But if you're counting numbers...
> Specific personal questions:
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> 1. How would you feel (better or worse) if the numeric values of the ratings
> were not displayed to you unless you specifically requested (via some simple
> setting) that they be displayed to you?
I think being able to instantly see rated messages sitting next each other in a
group is likely to continue to cause bad feeling. But I'm unsure about your
question.. if you mean:
(i) How would I feel if users could flick a switch and default to the current
implementation? Then I don't think that would be a good idea.
(ii) How would I feel if users couldn't see messages in a group rated alongside
each other, but could see an individual posts rating by clicking on a "Show
Ratings" button from within the post itself? Then I think that would be great!
> 2. How would you feel (better or worse) if the numeric values of the ratings
> were not displayed ever to anyone but collected and used by the server only
> for internal calculations, hotlist generation, and personal recommendations
> to you?
I think it's useful, and interesting to be able to see an individual posts
marks.. but not by default - the user has to want to see it.
So I would feel worse.
> 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)
Worse.
> 4. Have you ever felt victimized by the rating system? Have you posted
> something which has obtained a low rating and felt uncomfortable or unhappy
> about yourself or about LUGNET because of the low rating? How often?
Once or twice.
> 5. Have you ever felt victimized indirectly by seeing someone else's post
> get a high rating? How often?
I usually feel happy for someone if I see they've got a high rating.
> 6. Do you feel that the article rating system makes it easier for you or
> harder for you to share your ideas? And does this bother you?
Probably easier once the tables and upper layers are in place. At the moment I
don't know how much stock people take from ratings to judge.
> 7. How does your initial reaction to the announcement of the article rating
> system compare to your current opinion of it?
No too much differently, some fears have come to life, others aren't as
widespread as I thought they might be. I still think it's a great idea, and
still looking forward to the upper layers :)
> 8. Do you feel that it is too early, too late, or the right time to address
> these issues?
Probably about the right time.
> 9. What other areas (besides news articles) can you imagine that a
> collaborative ratings system would be most helpful to you? LEGO sets?
> Websites? Individual web pages? etc...
Well.. you could have made this a "how much do you agree with this statement"
questionairre :) If people could 'propose' things, and let people vote on them
- community ideas. I'm sure the CAD groups could use something like that? If
members could set up such questionairres easily that would rock!
Richard
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