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Re: the latest news
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:10:21 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Tom McDonald writes:
So that's my 2 cents. I find it particularly ironic that Thomas's article is
currently (as of this reading) rated 80.

And.. it's a subject actually having very little to do with Lego or its
products. If such a rating system is intended as its heart to display/help us
find "really good" or "important" postings about Lego stuff, then Thomas'
article shows that such a system can be used to highlight other subjects too.

Short note: in the temporary "top 40" page Todd put up, at least 50% (if not
more, I didn't count) of the posts were related to the discussion about the
rating. That's too bad, because it shouldn't be (AFAI gathered from Todd's POV
on what ratings should tell us).

-Shiri



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(...) Except for the fact that the message-group filter isn't applied there, it's actually working perfectly well, IMHO. The ratings are, in the final analysis, recommendations-to-read. If the original message and its replies are getting high (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) For a few days I was thinking that too. But then I realized "I don't care," and also "I have no idea who rated this" -- they could be out to lunch for all I know, either for the duration of rating my article, or permanently. Or they could be (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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