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Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 21 Apr 2000 21:35:12 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Anders Isaksson writes:
> Richard Parsons skrev i meddelandet ...
> > > 5. Have you ever felt victimized indirectly by seeing someone else's post
> > > get a high rating? How often?
> >
> > Good grief no. I can't understand how I could feel that. What, jealous of
> > someone else's apparent success?
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> If that's how you see the ratings ("someone else's success"),
I think Richard was trying to guess what I meant by my question. My question
was meant to "amplify" and address the worst possible imaginary concern.
> I think the
> system should be turned off at once. I thought the ratings were supposed to
> help find readworthy (is that a word?) posts, not signaling 'success' or
> 'failure' to individuals!
That's correct. It's being changed to reflect that more closely.
> [Side remark]
> The lugnet traffic seems heavily skewed into .admin right now, in this
> download I found only one group with more than 10 messages since my last
> download (about 16 hours ago) - guess which one!
> (Of course, this observation is based on the 19 groups I read, not all of
> lugnet)
Yes, this is an active thread. Every group goes through bursts of activity
at one time or another.
--Todd
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| Richard Parsons skrev i meddelandet ... (...) If that's how you see the ratings ("someone else's success"), I think the system should be turned off at once. I thought the ratings were supposed to help find readworthy (is that a word?) posts, not (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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