Posted on 01/16/2012 6:45:04 AM PST by Skeez
Many other forums/comment sections include a variety of rating systems (i.e. macrumors, reddit, yahoo...) I find some of these particularly helpful when navigating different posts. I often find myself scanning comments in an effort to gauge the overall sentiment of the freerepublic users on a particular story as I hold this forum in high esteem and value the opinions of those on this site. I also believe it would be nice to get feedback on our own posts, whether in the form of up-votes, thumbs, stars, etc.
Anyone else out there want some sort of simple comment rating system?
If you mean like a ‘thumbs up’ or ‘thumbs down’ type rating, then I only have one question..
Why would you want to read endless ‘vanities’ about who got too many ‘thumbs down’ or ‘no’ votes on their posts?
I’m already dealing with that on another forum.
Don’t need it here.
Besides, if it’s really that bad, the ‘mods’ will take care of it..
JMO
Sounds like a quick route to groupthink.
Actually.
Don’t jack with FR.
There was a terrible attempt to cobble in social media as well a while back. But the site coders unwittingly inserted ridiculous code hooks into the pages served here...no fault, they just didn’t understand what they were opening us all up to.
So no. Leave the code alone.
I normally am all about the latest and greatest, but it’s kind of nice the commenting system hasn’t changed since I joined FR in 2000....wow....been here for over 11 years now.
It’s a simple, effective system.
Just leave a positive reply...
I’m obviously not real concerned about whether people like what I have to say or not.
If they don’t like it they can bite me.
“...Anyone else out there want some sort of simple comment rating system?...”
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No.
Not sure this is a great idea.
Now the ability to edit posts, if even for 10 minutes, would be fantastic :-)
I’m not particularly in favor of a rating system for replies.
However, I would like the ability to edit/delete my own replies.
You could call the new editing feature: “Easy-Troll.”
We already have one. If your post isn’t liked you are called every name in the book and some names that haven’t appeared in any book yet.
I understand DUmmieground now has a Peoples Court to pass disapproval on posts that trusted posters indicate they dislike.
Our ratings are in the form of replies, criticism, and those lovely ionizing ZOTS. We don’t need “click here you lazy bastard” to develop a thread. If you can’t afford to join in the conversation, just head back to Facebook groups. (Not meant as a personal attack nor anything against FB. I spend lots of time there too.)
IBTZ
No.
No. Read yourself: “I often find myself scanning comments in an effort to gauge the overall sentiment of the freerepublic users on a particular story”. Are you proposing to change actually reading a thread with parsing an abstract number? Bad idea, in my opinion.
Yeah, the “drunken post” mulligan button would be something I could use too. Seriously.
I like your post.
Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!
Nope.
It would make sense if only the Classes of 97, 98, and 99 were able to “Like” something.
Life is complicated enough as it is.
Leni
There exists an informal ratings system already.
If you look out your window and see a no chrome black car with heavily tinted windows, that’s probably a sign your comment was maybe o.k. but don’t do it again.
If they spend a few minutes under the hood of your car it probably means they’re undecided. You’ll know real quick.
If your friends bring a gift for the kids to play on, say a clunker on cinder blocks, why...You move to Freeper Keeper.
Hope this helps.
While I don’t support a “like” function on FR, I would like to suggest some kind of Facebook presence, if only to notify when FR is suffering a hack attack or whatever...
I understand the hesitation, but what if they didn’t the number of replies on a certain thread wasn’t shown? Would there be people saying leave it alone, or scanning for high activity posts is the easy way out, or don’t let other people influence which stories you think are the most important?
I think there is some here that want to keep things the same for the sake of being a die-hard freerepublic loyalist. Don’t get me wrong. I love this place, I just get the feeling freerepublic is sensitive to criticism. (Case in point if I’m banned for just posting this comment.)
No. I like FR the way it is. It’s the best on the Net.
:)
Or, to quote H. Rider Haggard in King Solomon's Mines:
Good responded nobly to the tax upon his inventive faculties. Never before had I the faintest conception of the breadth and depth and heights of a naval officer's objurgatory powers. For ten minutes he went on without stopping, and he scarcely ever repeated himself.
Cheers!
Just a guess, but adding this code to a custom programmed software system might be quite time consuming and expensive. If you send in an extra $15,000 or $20,000 to the current Freepathon you might be able to get it done.
I can see a lot of potential for abuse and considering how hot under the collar we get around here, which is a good thing, I think a ratings system is a bad idea.
LOL!
I do miss the ‘view count’ on the Posts.
(we don’t need a ‘like’ button)
You end up with posts posted just to get a thumbs up. It ends up being a one liner competition.
FR is slow enough as it is, much less having the bandwidth taken up by little graphical icons and tracking lines, multiplied by the hundreds of posters, lurkers and trolls that frequent this watering hole.........
I hope we continue to remain unique, and above the rest.
Post o' the day
Sounds like a quick route to groupthink.
FR is (nearly) unique; it's easily the most content-rich forum I have seen. If you have something to say, you say it. You don't hide behind cutesy little icons.
It works. Don't screw it up.
ob·jur·gate [ob-jer-geyt, uhb-jur-geyt] verb (used with object), -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
I learned a new word today.
Thank you.
we already have a rating system. hell, if it’s really bad other Freeprs will eat me alive.
"Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it is all right," said the stranger with deference. "Still, I confess that I miss my rubber. It is the first Saturday night for seven-and-twenty years that I have not had my rubber."
(It's even funnier when you realize that the following line *also* occurs in the same story:
"What on earth does this mean?" I ejaculated after I had twice read over the extraordinary announcement.)
But the number one obscure British literary quote is from (who else?) G.K. Chesterton's The Club of Queer Trades:
Basil smiled at me. `You didn't know,' he said, `that I had a practical brother. This is Rupert Grant, Esquire, who can and does all there is to be done. Just as I was a failure at one thing, he is a success at everything. I remember him as a journalist, a house-agent, a naturalist, an inventor, a publisher, a schoolmaster, a---what are you now, Rupert?'
`I am and have been for some time,' said Rupert, with some dignity, `a private detective, and there's my client.'
Cheers!
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