Star Rating System

[BettyBoop]

Originally Posted by 444

I have a better idea. Give us the option to have your blog/post rated.

It would be a good idea to have to option to have your blog rated or not and it's personal. But I think star rating should stay on threads so we can find the best threads quicker. I don't mind having my blog rated, there was someone rating them all one star but that's no longer a problem.

[Leopard]

Okay I kind of skimmed over the two pages of crying over someone getting one star because personal moaning isn't really interesting or helpful.

I agree that rating blogs is a backwards concept, but then I never even look at the ratings (although I totes 1-starred Chloe's hiatus blog.) However I don't like the system as it is on threads, for the very reason theone outlined above: it doesn't give a remotely realistic picture most of the time.

I really like youtube's system of like or dislike, and even moreso lookbook's where each user only gets one heart a day to give out, so you really have to like something to do so. I also like it better on a per post basis rather than just thread, but that's getting into complex land.

Limiting an "I love this!" to only being able to being done once a day really makes the votes more worthwhile, IMO. Not sure how complex that is to implement.

Again, as was said above, popularity contest... but that's going to the same with any system.

[Slenderman - Doctor]

The only thing I'd argue with that one is that, well, I could find 5 or 6 bloody fantastic threads now. That means I'd have 5 or 6 backlogged as I can only "like/rate/whatever" one per day. So there'd forever be a backlog. Otherwise, I agree

[Night-1991]

Originally Posted by Leopard

Okay I kind of skimmed over the two pages of crying over someone getting one star because personal moaning isn't really interesting or helpful.

I'm sorry but i feel THAT was aimed at me.

[Leopard]

Originally Posted by Night-1991

I'm sorry but i feel THAT was aimed at me.

Other people had the same complaint about their own posts. This is a suggestion thread, for suggestions.

[BettyBoop]

If I could like posts, I'd like Leo's.
It's true it doesn't really give a realistic look at the quality of the thread, seeing as two voted sticks the stars. But a lot of people are simply getting mad because there stuff was rated down, I'm not sure, but if everyone gets mad when their stuff isn't rated 5 stars what's the point in rating. Maybe people just didn't like your thread as much as you did?
But at this point I know personally, I'm not all cut up about ratings so maybe I can't comment on that.
I'm not a fan of the "one heart a day" idea, I like the Like & Dislike idea, but I reckon if we had it, straight away someone would be all angry that they got a dislike, but that's the point off rating systems, for people to have an opinion on something.

[Leopard]

Originally Posted by BettyBoop

But a lot of people are simply getting mad because there stuff was rated down, I'm not sure, but if everyone gets mad when their stuff isn't rated 5 stars what's the point in rating. Maybe people just didn't like your thread as much as you did?

Very well said.

There does seem to be quite an expectation that if there are stars, there must be 5 of them.

[Manbearpig]

Originally Posted by BettyBoop

If I could like posts, I'd like Leo's.
It's true it doesn't really give a realistic look at the quality of the thread, seeing as two voted sticks the stars. But a lot of people are simply getting mad because there stuff was rated down, I'm not sure, but if everyone gets mad when their stuff isn't rated 5 stars what's the point in rating. Maybe people just didn't like your thread as much as you did?
But at this point I know personally, I'm not all cut up about ratings so maybe I can't comment on that.
I'm not a fan of the "one heart a day" idea, I like the Like & Dislike idea, but I reckon if we had it, straight away someone would be all angry that they got a dislike, but that's the point off rating systems, for people to have an opinion on something.

I really don't like the underlined part to be perfectly honest. This sounds a lot like rep on only the created threads. I think it should be the user option for rating on a blog, and maybe in the lounge. I however think it is needed in the Truth, Dare, Story and M/S section. I occasionally go through the section and just seeing a post that says, "Im mAstr th@ iz nice. Cam required" need to be shown are bad threads. If a user doesn't like it, maybe do some research so next time, they have a better thread. But to totally overall it, I really don't find it necessary and I think there should be higher priorities than this.

[Night-1991]

Originally Posted by Manbearpig

I really don't like the underlined part to be perfectly honest. This sounds a lot like rep on only the created threads. I think it should be the user option for rating on a blog, and maybe in the lounge. I however think it is needed in the Truth, Dare, Story and M/S section. I occasionally go through the section and just seeing a post that says, "Im mAstr th@ iz nice. Cam required" need to be shown are bad threads. If a user doesn't like it, maybe do some research so next time, they have a better thread. But to totally overall it, I really don't find it necessary and I think there should be higher priorities than this.

What he said.

Though, some of the posts should be rated 5 stars for hilarity.

[BettyBoop]

Originally Posted by Manbearpig

But to totally overall it, I really don't find it necessary and I think there should be higher priorities than this.

Completely agreed with this.