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Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
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Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:03:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> 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

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 on lugnet at a time.

-pete.w



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  Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) Any suggestions on a better title than "top 40"? If there wasn't already something called "Spotlight," that might be a good name for it. I'm wary that "top 40" sounds possibly like it's putting things up on a pedestal or too much like the (...) (27 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful? (was: New feature: Article rating)
 
(...) Here BTW is a quick example of a "top N" list (N=40)... (URL) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) ! 

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