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Originally Posted by DrTandem1
Just who decides these rankings? If it were some sort of independent voting system with checks and balances, sure. Otherwise, it's pointless. Anyone, could just spam your results with bogus "members," devaluing the entire site.
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The only visible impact this will have to anybody's account will be a tag in their user area. None of which will be 'Idiot -- please ignore'.
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Originally Posted by MarcThai
No thanks, Mike. You can take this rating and sh.... it!
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I just went through this debate on another forum. The consensus was that a rating system would debase the forum and scare people away. Here were a couple of the points for:
1. It would give viewers a guide to quality -- Fallacious in the extreme. I come to WPW to read and learn, and even to be entertained at times. I don't need anyone else telling me what they like or don't like. I make my own decisions.
2. It would encourage better quality -- How? With a ratings system the unstated expectation would be that you have to write remarkable posts to get a good rating. Anything else would be a fail. I am too old to be graded like a little school boy thanks.
3. I can't honestly think of any other reasons why you might think a rating system would help.
As I said, if you do institute this system I won't be contributing any more. I don't contribute much now, but I do read almost every issue...no, I don't read it...I devour it. I have learned plenty here. But a rating system wouldn't influence my opinion of anyone's opinion in the least. With a rating system in place I would be very wary of any submission because I couldn't be sure it was written for the right reasons.
There is simply no sane reason why you would want to implement this. Stick to what you do best. Continue giving us a great forum and let us get on with the posts.
I hope this helps. Just keep doing the good work and let us post. The moderator has the last word, and that's as it should be. Delete the dross. Keep the rest and let us make up our own minds what is useful.