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Re: Just look what ratings did to Slashdot!
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 21 Apr 2000 03:38:41 GMT
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mattdm@mattdmSAYNOTOSPAM.org
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Chris Busse <cbusse@infi.net> wrote:
> That sounds like an excellent idea, but how would the votes be tallied? ie:
> 21-Apr-00 03:25 [5/1] Re: Check out this set! — John Doe
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> where 5 = the number of yes this is exceptional votes, and 1 = the number of
> this is OT votes? (my apologies if you already covered this in the other
Yeah, I think the two numbers should be kept separately. It's quite possible
(although unfortunate) to have a great off-topic post. "Off-topic" wouldn't
necessarily penalize anyone -- it'd just be a more clean way of saying "hey,
that didn't belong here" than posting another (also off topic) message.
Then, the "Great post" scores could be used to compile a "spotlight" page. I
don't think that giving a scale of numbers adds very much (anyway, that's
what having multiple people is for) and it certainly seems to be causing
confusion and negativity.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
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| The simplified system also has the advantage of being much easier to squish into existing newsreaders. Since it wouldn't require reading scores from the server (altough that could be hacked in optionally) and since there are far less options, it's (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Just look what ratings did to Slashdot!
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| (...) That sounds like an excellent idea, but how would the votes be tallied? ie: 21-Apr-00 03:25 [5/1] Re: Check out this set! — John Doe where 5 = the number of yes this is exceptional votes, and 1 = the number of this is OT votes? (my apologies (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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