but what if someone is trying to search for a particular idiocy? then won't it be hard to find?

If I cared about what other people thought of a post, I'd just read their responses. Also, it's pretty distracting visually, but that's something we'll probably just get used to.

I have to say, about these new star wars: It is my opinion that no good can come of this.....

Everyone, do me a favor and check out your profile.

Do you see an rated average or no?

Everyone, do me a favor and check out your profile.

Do you see an rated average or no?

I think a digg or reddit style thumbs up/thumbs down system would be both simpler and more effective. Each thumbs up is a +1, and each thumbs down is a -1 - the post gets an overall score, so posts that were loved by lots of people will get a high score. This would make sorting a lot more intuitive - under the current system, a post with one 5-star vote looks better than a post with five 5-star votes and 1 one-star, depending on how you handle the rounding. Under the +/- system, the first post would have a score of +1, while the second would have a score of +4, more clearly illustrating that the second was enjoyed by more people.

Everyone, do me a favor and check out your profile.

Do you see an rated average or no?

How does the average work? is it n average rating for the particular post? poster? or thread?

Cool to see this back in some form though!

Can people see how the stars in their own posts are averaging?

I have to say, about these new star wars: It is my opinion that no good can come of this.....

But it ought to be entertaining to see what happens. Smart marketing Jay. Middle of winter blues - toss some gas in the fire to heat things up!

The other thing to notice is that I can go back and change my vote.

Im sure you could use a vote change to intentionally draw out the butthuttz.

Can we change our votes on pictures? I'll have to go check.

Just log out to see your posts score...

I find the new feature annoying. At best.

A useless feature that brings nothing to the table. It isn't going to improve "content", eliminate trolls, or help determine which zingers are actually funny.

Jay,

...if you have voted on a post, leave the thread, then come back to it, and then hover the mouse over the stars again the vote disappears.

...a minor glitch perhaps?

Everyone, do me a favor and check out your profile.

Do you see an rated average or no?

jAY you can't let this be active in the community forums though.

That'd bee tooo much.

I throwing a turd at yourn post for not including GMburns.

No. Where in the profile should it be?

I gave you a 5-star for helping me to build my online reputation.

On it's own, no. You're correct. I'm well aware that there's no such thing as a magic bullet.

I didn't intend to imply that the stars wouldn't solve everything. I ment to imply they wouldn't solve anything.

I guess I'm stuck on "why the feature" Unless it is one part of an integrated new feature set???.

Yes, indeedy. Eventually the search feature will rely heavily on it, and hopefully users will also be able to set filters, much like they used to be able to do with trophies and poo. This is part of the package that includes blue forums and the eventual killfile.

Eventually the search feature will rely heavily on it, and hopefully users will also be able to set filters, much like they used to be able to do with trophies and poo. This is part of the package that includes blue forums and the eventual killfile.

Ahhh, but your online reputation is by far grossly out-weighted by our votes of your posts than your votes of our posts.

Ah...No. One cannot see their own post ratings.

You do understand, I am sure Jay, that all a person has to do is ask what their stars are. Is this another scheme to get post count increases????


edit:
hey! The stars weren't on the post of mine I looked at before??? At least I don't think they were....

But first and foremost:
GET RID OF THOSE WHITE BOXES AROUND THE STARS! THAT TOTALLY BUGS ME!

I am not shure what to think of the idea.
It could be very usefull to have some way to identify good content, but being able to rate every single post is a bit too much.
Also how does the number of posts get weighted?
For example we have one thread with only one post that is so stupid that noone even clicks on the title, apart from dumbn00b92s buddy, who rates dumbn00b92s post on how to safe money by using hardwear store carabiners a 5. So The only thing on carabiners with a straight five that pops up in the search first will then be this lunacy.

Maybe better to rate threads?
Wait for a minimum amount of votes until the ratings take effect?

And the visual side:
It is too distracting at the moment.
It needs to be much smaller. Maybe place it to the side, sowhere under the avatar?
But first and foremost:
GET RID OF THOSE WHITE BOXES AROUND THE STARS! THAT TOTALLY BUGS ME!
No seriously, give those little grafics a background that is matching the forum color, like this:
[image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3195;[/image]
[image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3196;[/image]

qwert

You're right. --POOF!-- It is done.

Edit: although ratings will remain live in the Ladies Room.

how is this going to improve the search feature? are you going to classify the posts by topic? because the biggest problem right now with telling people to "do a search" for something (by topic) is that the search feature will only return posts with the search terms in it, rather than returning *thread* ranked by number of times the search terms are included. and the biggest problem with searching for a particular post/phrase, is that you can't sift through results by sorting by multiple criteria (poster, date, thread title) on the fly.

but i do fail to see how this is going to help the search feature.

Happie,
That is how I saw it go down.
Don

WTF? That's the place they're needed the most.

This thread is probably getting hard to follow. You just witnessed a change taking effect. Users can now see their own averages, but they cannot vote on their own posts.

FYI, the stars are smaller and their backgrounds are fixed.

Now, heh, I know the temptation to pile the ones onto a person you dislike is great (or in the case of the BET pile them on your friends). Try not to do that, huh?

MUCH BETTER, visually. I still prefer the up/down idea, though, and will continue harping on it.

I guess I should have read this first.

Again, don't think of this as a stand-alone feature. It works in conjunction with other features. As for the search, my goal is to:

1. Have it return a list of threads, instead of individual posts.
2. Make the advanced, feature-rich search the rule, instead of the exception.
3. Rank results based on both the number of times the search terms appear and the presence of highly rated posts.

Trust me, I understand all the problems with the current search feature, and it's next on the list.

MUCH BETTER, visually. I still prefer the up/down idea, though, and will continue harping on it.

Jay,

...if you have voted on a post, leave the thread, then come back to it, and then hover the mouse over the stars again the vote disappears.

...a minor glitch perhaps?

...You obviously weren't here for the poo trophy wars....

Every user already has the ability to lock posts, but the button is cleverly hidden.

It will be finded.
"check coding"

This thread is probably getting hard to follow. You just witnessed a change taking effect. Users can now see their own averages, but they cannot vote on their own posts.

Now, heh, I know the temptation to pile the ones onto a person you dislike is great (or in the case of the BET pile them on your friends). Try not to do that, huh? Try to limit your ratings to the content of each individual post.

Most notably, post rating will in the near future help us sort search results.

At least all of my troll accounts can still tell me how awesome I am.

J ung, were you bored or what?

Jay,

I think that you should show the number of votes next to the average rating. Without that, you don't know how to interpret the rating. If a post has 1 star, for instance, you don't know whether it represents a single pissed off rater or a consensus turd.

Jay

is it just me, or do the thread pages load slower now, in particular, when skipping to the last unread post?

maybe i'm noticing it more because i have my posts/page set to 50.

And you really think this will be better?

I'm pretty neutral to this I guess, but it will probably be used 95% for shenanigans.

I do, however, agree with that one. Lemme see what I can do about that.

Working on this, but it's buggy. Hang on.

Agreed on the visual impact. Maybe just make it smaller and put it off to the side?

no.

I find the new feature annoying. At best.

A useless feature that brings nothing to the table. It isn't going to improve "content", eliminate trolls, or help determine which zingers are actually funny.

I bet some of us are not even playing this game.

I'm not in.

Count me out

Users, the vast majority of whom want this to work, are already using this for what it's intended. I'm listening to all the feedback, but I don't agree with much of it. Ergo, this feature is not going away anytime soon.

I'd rather be rated down for being a jerk than for being an idiot.

At least I don't go around spouting off stupid advice though. I'd rather be rated down for being a jerk than for being an idiot.

silly feature to add... especially since RC.com could use many other more important features...

Get rid of it!

Uh, they are not mutually exclusive.

Gratias et valete bene!
RobertusPunctumPacificus

Personally as I say, I don't give two hoots about the stupid voting stars rubbish. As I said already, it's stupid and annoying and I don't care for it,

Lol!