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Re: Language Choices and LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:50:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Mark Jordan wrote:
> > People highlight because they think a post deserves more attention. So once a
> > story gets onto the top stories list, people stop highlighting it.
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> Probably to an extent. Still makes me curious though. I would be interested to
> see the "friends" distribution and "vote fequency" distribution across Lugnet
> members. I expect that many people vote for their friends and fellow LUG
> members' posts. Partly because they're the posts that they're reading, but also
> because, well, you want to cheer on your friends.
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> It'd be interesting to see how frequently circles of friends all commonly
> highlight something versus how often some other passer-by highlights a post that
> the author doesn't know (which is all the more impressive).
I could speculate - but I really have no idea. My guess is that its bifurcated
as below - highlighting of MOCs vs highlighting of "issues".
> > If there was
> > a "downlight" option, then I am sure people would actively use it to push
> > stories they don't like back into "oblivion", thus increasing the number of
> > voters. I could see it becoming an issue.
> I expect that's true only insofar as it would apply to non-MOC posts. Things
> like the Maersk ship, the color change, controversies in the community, etc. I'd
> doubt it would result in much more voting when it came to creations and other
> cool stuff (events and whatnot).
Yes, you are probably right about that one....
> Personally, I think it's just kinda too bad that people aren't in the habit of
> voting more often. Of course I'm guilty not voting myself as much as I should,
> but still, I find it disappointing that with 2600+ members, that most posts get
> between 0-10 highlights or spotlights. And only the rare post exceeds 15 or 20.
Here's my top 10 (no particular order) list of why people might not vote:
- reading while not logged in
- don't really see the point
- can't see a 0%, 25% or 50% option
- like the person's MOC, dislike the person's attitude on click-hinges
- don't know what that drop-down does
- not voting for anyone else since no one voted for their post
- would prefer to use next click to see another moc
- standards are too high
- disagree with voting system
- figure that since its already on the "Top Stories" list it doesn't need more
highlighting
Any others you can think of?
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| (...) I think you're right that there is a tendency to not bother if something is already on the top-ten list. A couple of other possible reasons: -don't highlight outside of chosen theme (i.e. the "I'm a castle guy so I don't care about space" or (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Language Choices and LUGNET
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| (...) Probably to an extent. Still makes me curious though. I would be interested to see the "friends" distribution and "vote fequency" distribution across Lugnet members. I expect that many people vote for their friends and fellow LUG members' (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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