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Re: Selecting top stories
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:23:56 GMT
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mattdm@AVOIDSPAMmattdm.org
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Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote:
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> But I'm not sure that counting followups can replace ratings, because
> someone posting a response to a message doesn't indicate that they feel the
> message is important or newsworthy. Sometimes, they feel just the opposite
> way.
Then why did they bother to reply?
> Instead of changing the system, I'd rather encourage members to rate
> messages they feel are rate-worthy.
I'd do it, except that I read LUGnet with a newsreader. I started hacking
rating support into slrn, but then I got distracted.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) They might very much dislike the earlier post, and they'd give it a very low rating. Maybe they discovered a typo that they couldn't resist pouncing on. Maybe they like to type a lot. Steve (26 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I've noticed that most messages get very few ratings. But I'm not sure that counting followups can replace ratings, because someone posting a response to a message doesn't indicate that they feel the message is important or newsworthy. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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