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**The Saucepan Man** · 01-13-2003, 08:16 PM

This rating system does seem to be a teeny bit illogical.

Someone can join with a friend and rate each other 5. Then, if no-one rates either of them again, they stay a 5 for the duration.

But, if someone consistently posts intelligent and/or witty and/or thought-provoking comments, but some people disagree with them, they're rating will fluctuate.

Wouldn't it be better to have a system that builds up ratings over time, so that consistently good posters will get more highly rated over time, while the "one-off"ers will never get a rating?

Or have I misunderstood how it works? And is it that important anyway? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

01-13-2003, 08:16 PM	#104
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	This rating system does seem to be a teeny bit illogical. Someone can join with a friend and rate each other 5. Then, if no-one rates either of them again, they stay a 5 for the duration. But, if someone consistently posts intelligent and/or witty and/or thought-provoking comments, but some people disagree with them, they're rating will fluctuate. Wouldn't it be better to have a system that builds up ratings over time, so that consistently good posters will get more highly rated over time, while the "one-off"ers will never get a rating? Or have I misunderstood how it works? And is it that important anyway? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!