Should Boards have a rating system?

retro:electro

I'm always curious when I view certain posters, just how they're perceived or considered in a wider sense by other posters.
What would you think if Boards enabled us to "rate" other posters out of 5 stars? This could work either due to the amount of thanked posts they get, or just rating them in general for being a good/bad poster. It would certainly be open to abuse though.

Or is that idea too Black Mirror-esque? :pac:

Pherekydes

You have 3 blue stars under your name, OP.

Winterlong

Would it not turn in to a mickey measuring competition.
And probably lead to people closing their accounts due to not been 'popular'.
And those with unpopular, but valid, opinions would lose their voice?

GLaDOS

Was done waaay in the past, before I signed up. Lead to much bullying by all accounts.

meeeeh

It's the internet version of tyranny of majority. Let's mark those out who don't conform to predominant narrative.

And then people wonder why nobody predicted Trump getting elected, conservatives doing better than expected and so on.

Been there, done that. Karma system and rep system. Both heavily abused.

Mr E

This site had a reputation system (something similar to what you're requesting) about 12 years ago. It didn't end well.

eviltwin

Does the thanks function not do that anyway?

Birneybau

I give your idea null pois.

dudara

We had a karma system in the past.

Let's just say that it didn't lead to good karma, and it was abandoned. And good riddance too IMO

Sosurface

anna080 wrote: »

I'm always curious when I view certain posters, just how they're perceived or considered in a wider sense by other posters.
What would you think if Boards enabled us to "rate" other posters out of 5 stars? This could work either due to the amount of thanked posts they get, or just rating them in general for being a good/bad poster. It would certainly be open to abuse though.

Or is that idea too Black Mirror-esque? :pac:

Its enough of a circle jerk as is around here at times without further enabling it.

retro:electro

dudara wrote: »

We had a karma system in the past.

Let's just say that it didn't lead to good karma, and it was abandoned. And good riddance too IMO

Oh really! I didn't know that. Ya I suppose it would, as the poster above me said, lead to minority voices being silenced. I suppose it's one of those things that in theory sounds really interesting, and then in reality is a total fail.

Kimbot

So I take it that we can lock this one up until its brought back up in about 12 more years :P

Boom_Bap

5rtytry56

Why would the rating gain credibility?
Thinking of the model boardsie male persona compiled in AH in the past in the dirty bedsit eating out of a tin of beans...
Would you really respect an individual like that?

Mountainsandh

I have no idea what the stars are for as it is. Posting to check my stars


Edit : :cool: 3 stars, I'm the beesknees

Anna I know what you're thinking, maybe we could have a discrete little bird that you'd only get after a certain number of people rated you, that would mean "cuckoo".
Or some kind of wtf symbol.

Pherekydes

Birneybau wrote: »

I give your idea null pois.

No peas?

biko

Some sites have "rep" or "cred" systems.
Boards didn't want that as it is clickish.

Not sure what a rating system would do other than show popularity.
A thanked post is usually enough to show someone agreed.

dinorebel

Probably not but a dislike button would be great for the week it would last.

PARlance

Pherekydes wrote: »

No peas?

Un petit pois.

Boom_Bap

You can check who loves you though http://www.boards.ie/love.php?match=hot

andekwarhola

If you don't like somebody, offer rebuttal or ignore them.

No need to run crying to the powers that be to let you give them an anonymous bad mark.

MayoForSam

We're on a slippery slope if everyone wants to be rated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpm8WYXljeA

Jobs OXO

Winterlong wrote: »

Would it not turn in to a mickey measuring competition.
And probably lead to people closing their accounts due to not been 'popular'.
And those with unpopular, but valid, opinions would lose their voice?

Thinly veiled "long at my lengthy schlong, I'm not scared to show it" post?

nhunter100

GLaDOS wrote:

Was done waaay in the past, before I signed up. Lead to much bullying by all accounts.

My thoughts exactly, just an opportunity for bullies to get their jollies.

Skylinehead

Boom_Bap wrote: »

You can check who loves you though http://www.boards.ie/love.php?match=hot

Hi cutie :P

stronglikebull

I remember the old rating system. It was meant to rate the post, not the actual poster, though the poster had their rating displayed under their name as red and green dots (or apples as they got called). The more red, the more people had disagreed with your posts. It was an anonymous system when first introduced, then the real fun started when they lifted the veil, and you could see who had neg-repped you. The consequences of that were tit for tat neg-repping, and also people deliberately posting crap in order to provoke neg rep from other posters that they would then retaliate against.

They were a badge of honour for some, and just a target for others to bully. Posters with a lot of red apples were ridiculed even when making good points, simply because their opinion was often not agreed with.

Fun times.

paleoperson

NO.

Ratings and reddit-style voting are ruining the internet, they're ridiculous.

soups05

i am trying to figure out two things

1) what is that love rating and why is mine different to the one posted above?

2) what are those stars for below the user name?

never thought about it before

oh and a third thing, if i cannot figure out what they are for what the hell am i doing studying IT

Winterlong

soups05 wrote: »

i am trying to figure out two things

1) what is that love rating and why is mine different to the one posted above?

2) what are those stars for below the user name?

never thought about it before

oh and a third thing, if i cannot figure out what they are for what the hell am i doing studying IT

The love meter is based on people who have thanked your posts IIRC.
The star rating has to do with number of posts. The colors change based on mod/admin/subscriber status too.
Or something like that.

valoren

3 options on everyone's profiles.

Snog. Marry. Avoid.

Whichever option has the most votes against it, is what you have automatically on your profile.

Mr. CooL ICE

Skylinehead wrote: »

Hi cutie :P

Scene from the AH mod forum

B-D-P--

What does the stars mean under your name? like how are they calculated?

Kimbot

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Scene from the AH mod forum

Ill be right there....... give me a minute :P

Inviere

Black Mirror - Nosedive...

Kimbot

B-D-P-- wrote: »

What does the stars mean under your name? like how are they calculated?

Its a users wanted level, so those on 5 stars are always big on the mods ban list :P

_Whimsical_

I think it would be a terrible idea. One of the nice things about internet forums is that ideas and opinions can be evaluated on their merit and not be influenced by social popularity or standing of the poster. That aspect of communication online is being painfully eroded and we are stuck with the tyranny of tired self-promotion and grappling for attention in so many online spheres now. Boards already has definite "cliques" , though their influence waxes and wanes, why would we not try to foster what's left of people expressing, genuine independent thought without the encumberment of considering a reputation first?

I often find I'll strongly disagree with a poster on several issues but be impressed and educated by their insight on another. A rating system would just have the effect of editing out unpopular opinions, we'd lose a lot.

_Whimsical_

B-D-P-- wrote: »

What does the stars mean under your name? like how are they calculated?

People who have 5 have paid for them by subscribing.

hatrickpatrick

Because Boards users aren't b!tchy enough to eachother already?

biko

The stars under your name is for your usergroup, like 5 gold stars for administrator, 4 white stars is a mod 3 blue if you have more than 100 posts, etc

There used to be a wiki entry but now the wiki is dead baby.

I think this is it:
Admins 5 Gold Stars
CMods 5 Silver Stars
Mods 4 Silver Stars
HMods 3 Silver Stars
Subscribers 4 Bronze Stars
Regular User > 500 Posts 3 Blue Stars
Regular User > 100 Posts < 500 Posts 2 Blue Stars
Regular User < 100 Posts 1 Blue Star

paleoperson

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I think it would be a terrible idea. One of the nice things about internet forums is that ideas and opinions can be evaluated on their merit and not be influenced by social popularity or standing of the poster. That aspect of communication online is being painfully eroded and we are stuck with the tyranny of tired self-promotion and grappling for attention in so many online spheres now. Boards already has definite "cliques" , though their influence waxes and wanes, why would we not try to foster what's left of people expressing, genuine independent thought without the encumberment of considering a reputation first?

I often find I'll strongly disagree with a poster on several issues but be impressed and educated by their insight on another. A rating system would just have the effect of editing out unpopular opinions, we'd lose a lot.

The latest thing coming in with the kids now is the "superchats" on youtube, where you pay money to make your comment stand out and stick to the top of the screen for a length of time. $2 will get your comment a highlight, $5 will pin it to the top of the screen for a certain amount of seconds. Totally insane of course, but with the way the world is headed I wouldn't be surprised if something similar started coming to text boards sooner or later as well, with similar rationalizations being edged in, surprising what money can do.

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Glenster

There are enough thanks sluts as it is.

FunLover18

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