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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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(...) 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) ! 

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