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ratings vs. feedback (was Re: Are we all too nice?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:46:57 GMT
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This is a digression about ratings and feedback, not on topic for the "too
nice" question per se.
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Eric Kingsley writes:
> Well I would suggest, as has been stated earlier, that is what the article
> highlighting is for. To me if I see someone chose to highlight my article it
> tells me they liked it, I don't need them to tell me "hey thats cool!" I know
> that is how someone flet because it was highlighted and I don't have to sift
> through their post to get to one with more constructive comments.
I'm not sure I totally agree. Call me elitist, but a "hey that's cool!" from
Karim Nasser for a spaceship I built would mean MUCH more to me than if I
got it from John Neal. Conversely, a "hey that's cool" from John Neal on a
new locomotive design I did would mean somewhat more to me than if I got it
from Karim.
That's because Karim knows more about spaceships than John does, and John
knows more about trains than Karim does (but not more than *I* know about
trains of course :-) ).
Ratings totally lose that. Where they are good is to highlight things that
are "newsworthy". I highlight stuff I totally disagree with because I think
it is important to see discussed further. Highlighting is for news.
Praise/feedback is for constructive work (be it programming, LUG
organization, market.theory stuff, or building)...
So while you said you meant building as an example only, I see it as a
distinguishing characteristic from the merely newsworthy.
Helps?
++lar
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| (...) First I should clarify that while I used creative works as an example I did say in my post that it can apply to different aspects of LUGNET. (...) Well I would suggest, as has been stated earlier, that is what the article highlighting is for. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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