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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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Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:21:31 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> Gonna try out a related thing first -- changing the "+" symbols to "!" • symbols.
> The "!" symbol is a lot skinnier than "+", so it saves precious space, and the
> count of symbols isn't really as important anyway as the overall bottom-line
> visual draw. The "+" symbol (chosen over "*" for its higher legibility in
> default Helvetica) still somewhat connotates "plus" or "better" even without
> an accompanying "-" sign. (Do you get that feeling as well?)
No, but I see how other people might.
> The idea behind
> the exclamation point "!" is shouting "hey, look at this!!"
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> Changing the input-collection text from:
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> How would you rate this message? Low o o o o o o High o (No comment)
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> to:
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> Would you recommend this article to others? Yes! o o o o Yes!!!! o No
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> ought to alleviate ambiguity.
<snip>
Yes, definitely yes.
If your post isn't recommended, it doesn't mean anything... just that it's not
recommended. No hard feelings (or at least less hard than "low ratings").
-Shiri
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