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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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Date:
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Fri, 21 Apr 2000 01:52:27 GMT
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Todd L wrote:
> 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?
Better
> 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?
Better
> 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)
Better
> 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?
Sort of: not "uncomfortable or unhappy about yourself or about LUGNET"
but annoyed and indignant. Only once, because I use a newsreader 99% of
the time and don't normally see the ratings.
> 5. Have you ever felt victimized indirectly by seeing someone else's post
> get a high rating? How often?
No
> 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?
No effect (having looked at the ratings and decided I didn't like how
they worked or felt, I went back to my newsreader so I don't see em)
> 7. How does your initial reaction to the announcement of the article rating
> system compare to your current opinion of it?
Sounded like a good idea at the time: actual experience seems not useful
and actively repellent to some people.
> 8. Do you feel that it is too early, too late, or the right time to address
> these issues?
The righ t 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...
Lego sets. Impersonal things (ie not individuals messages or individuals
web sites).
Kevin
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