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Meta: Ratings and Ratability

jimc | Thu, Aug 11, 2011 12:57 PM EST

Have at it. I have no strong opinions on the subject, except one: I didn’t like the old system. I prefer the new one.

And mainly, I just didn’t want to muck up Ernie’s excellent thread any further.

http://bluemassgroup.com/2011/08/hey-deval-part-ii/

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Thanks, Jim.
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I agree with moving the argument. Not sure about a whole thread, but it was my commenting that continued it.

I thought the previous system provided better quality feedback. Non-anonymous commenting was better because people had to stand by their rating and could be called on it. And if you received a 3 by someone like billxi, you knew you could discount it. Similarly, if PP gave you a 6, you had the agreement of a conservative Republican. Now you can get three thumbs down and not know if there’s a worthy opinion behind them.

mark-bail @ Thu 11 Aug 2:54 PM
- I agree with Mark
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  and, in keeping with the spirit of his comment, not anonymously.
  
  hesterprynne @ Thu 11 Aug 3:09 PM
  - We're working on it!
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    Your comments have been heard loud and clear. What do you think of the comment rating system that DailyKos uses.
    
    Bob_Neer @ Thu 11 Aug 9:42 PM
I also miss knowing who rated a comment, and the ability to give different numbers
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Knowing who approves, or disapproves, and how much, and getting a sense of different people I think built community. It was also much more accountable.

amberpaw @ Thu 11 Aug 9:48 PM
What about eliminating ratings?
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I could see a case for that.

jimc @ Fri 12 Aug 11:25 AM

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