>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anony_sleuth_ff <no_reply@>
> wrote:
>
> > Here is an idea -- food for thought and discussion.
> >
> > Have three evaluation buttons focussed on : i) the post's idea --
was
> > this an useful insight or information, ii) the post's supporting
> > evidence and logic -- that is, is the insight or information
credible,
> > based in reality -- or some bs spinning, iii) the poster -- do you
> > generally like to read the poster.
> >
> > Scores could be positive or negative. A zero for "idea"
evaluations
> > means ho hum. A negative for an "evidence" post would mean -- bad
> > logic, incorrect information. A zero would be "normal". A positive
> > would highlight the strong logic and and cites of evidence.
>
> I don't know about the categories you suggest, it seems maybe a bit
> too complicated, but the idea of having negative and positive
> evaluation I had too. Lets say 'stars' for positive, 'waste bin' for
> negative, and then maybe just three at each side. A waste bin
couldn't
> be cancelled out by another one giving a star. A post which had 3
> stars and 3 waste bins would be a controversial one, a post just
with
> 3 stars would be one commonly agreed upon. The system can't be
> compulsory, but there should be a reward for having many stars, for
> example, a column with the best rated posts this day or week or
month,
> could be displayed on the main page. A 'Best rated' could be there
for
> all of Yahoo groups, or even for special sections of Yahoo-Groups,
> like spiritual. I am against rating people, that would possibly
> automatically show up from their profile.
>
> There is a rating system at Google, but as I checked it on several
> groups, its hardly used. I imagine, if good rated posts are
> prominently placed, that could change. It could also change the way
> people post, because posts people find valuable, are not necessarily
> those most commented upon. It would be then an important feedback.
> Lets say I send some interesting quotes or links, people usually
won't
> comment on, so it could improve the quality of posts in general.
>
> And there could be this list underneath a good post: people who
rated
> this post high, also voted for the following 10 posts ...
> ;-)
>
If you guys REALLY want to see a rating system implemented, check out
how it is used in the http://www.slashdot.org forums. The geeks know
what they're doing and have been doing it for nearly as long as there
has been an internet, if not longer since there were geek discussion
forums around before the internet.
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