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Idea: A new rating system
    #1529487 - 05/07/03 11:56 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

What if we all went on a system that had a scale from 1 to 10 where we get +1 to our rating for every 1,000 posts we have. We can also rate each other, but with an 8 maximum rate, so that people will really have respect for the 9s and 10s whos ratings actually show something.

Whaddya think?


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Murex]
    #1529508 - 05/08/03 12:04 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Worst idea ever.
Post count isn?t in any connection with the quality of the posts or the poster.

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Anno]
    #1529596 - 05/08/03 12:37 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Murex]
    #1529708 - 05/08/03 01:25 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Actually matts has been working on a new system with 'weighted' votes instead of how it is now.

Sort of like the Karma system at Overgrow.

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Thor]
    #1529831 - 05/08/03 02:45 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Yea yea.. you and your karma pipe dreams... we'll just see about that :grin:
 


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: geokills]
    #1529988 - 05/08/03 03:57 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

i think that the karma thing sounds like it could work.


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: blaze2]
    #1530383 - 05/08/03 09:53 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

why do we need a rating system?

the concept is ridiculous, can't everyone see the pettiness in it? lets try to be above "rating" a user, too many people mold their internet personas so they can get a high rating, read the s+p forum for evidence.

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1530497 - 05/08/03 11:01 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

I think your sig is too big!!


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1530506 - 05/08/03 11:06 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

I guess we don't really need one.


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1531006 - 05/08/03 01:53 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

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why do we need a rating system?

the concept is ridiculous, can't everyone see the pettiness in it? lets try to be above "rating" a user, too many people mold their internet personas so they can get a high rating, read the s+p forum for evidence. 




Simple, it rewards users who are helpfull and respectfull. Especially important in forums like the marketplace, and in forums such as Mush Cult so newbies can see by a rating if a user has some credibility to what they say.

In overgrow its a good system because you can go there every once in a while and see clearly what users contribute a lot to the site.

It seems to me the only people that don't like the rating system are people who don't treat others with respect and have low ratings :wink:

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Thor]
    #1531411 - 05/08/03 03:43 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

I wish there was a way to give negative ratings, like a upsidedown mushroom or something.

Edit: for threads that is, not a member.

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Thor]
    #1531709 - 05/08/03 05:24 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

It seems to me the only people that don't like the rating system are people who don't treat others with respect and have low ratings

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1531750 - 05/08/03 05:37 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Yes, your ignorance shines brightly.


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: 3DSHROOM]
    #1531772 - 05/08/03 05:42 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

whats wrong with thinking the rating system is wrong? i'm not the only one that
thinks so. please administration, instead of showing yourself to make a personnal attack, give some input on the issue.

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1531844 - 05/08/03 06:10 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Ok well of course some people have problems with the ratings system. It's enevitable when you deal with a community that's had over 3,000 unique board users visiting in the past month that not everyone can be made happy.

As Thor eluded, we are considering implementing a more stable & solid rating system .. but the problem is that we have yet to develop it.

.. and overall, the ratings have proven valuable - particularly to members who participate in the Marketplace and Cultivation forums.

In conclusion, we ain't gettin' rid of ratings.. but we will try to improve/expand upon the current system.


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: geokills]
    #1531860 - 05/08/03 06:14 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

thanks for the response, fair enough... i can see how the trading forum could benefit from them. i hope the new system isn't so "judging" and shows that every shroomerite is equal .

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1531872 - 05/08/03 06:17 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

>and shows that every shroomerite is equal

Sorry, but you must live in a fantasy world.

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Thor]
    #1532126 - 05/08/03 07:30 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

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It seems to me the only people that don't like the rating system are people who don't treat others with respect and have low ratings :wink: 




Now that is just not true.  Not to mention it's not a nice answer (ironic since you're talking about treating people with respect)


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Anno]
    #1532220 - 05/08/03 08:06 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Sorry, but you must live in a fantasy world.

true  :laugh: 

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Murex]
    #1535555 - 05/09/03 06:29 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

i think a 1-10 system would be better. and what's this karma business?

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1535609 - 05/09/03 06:54 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Karma is a weighted system, that considers various factors in determining how much "karma" a specific user is able to give out at any given time.  It won't restrict you to only one rating of a user, but you won't be able to go around whorin' up the karma either :laugh:
 


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: geokills]
    #1535879 - 05/09/03 09:42 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

The more positive karma you recieve the more you can give, thus people who get loads of good karma can give more 'weighted' karma to others.

At overgrow it works really well, and a similar system here is needed.

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Thor]
    #1535970 - 05/09/03 10:31 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

how does one get 'karma'?

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Thor]
    #1535984 - 05/09/03 10:41 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

What is overgrow?


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[Re: Murex]
    #1536026 - 05/09/03 11:01 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: matts]
    #1536393 - 05/10/03 02:59 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

you get karma from good ratings from other people. so its basiclly a what goes around comes around thing. if you have a shitty rating then when you rate people it wont count for shit. likewise if you have a high rating then your rate will be weighted. peace

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: blaze2]
    #1536473 - 05/10/03 04:51 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1536479 - 05/10/03 05:00 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

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The only thing bad about the Karma system is that you get bonus points or more "weight" from simply being a member longer. That is pure bullshit. The fact that some loser that has no life spent the bulk of it at a website shouldn't give them more "weight". I would substitute in its place rank. The higher your position, the more weight you would have.

Cheers,




Well I'm glad you 'weighed' in on this since you don't seem to understand the karma system. It does not matter how long you've been here. It does not matter.

You are given 'ratings' as you do here at the shroomery. But lets make this simple.

A user here with 1 shroom votes you a 1 shroom.

That has little effect of your rating since that user has a low 'weight' to their votes on other users.

However if a 5 weight user votes you a 1, it has a big effect on your rating since that user has been given a lot of weighted ratings to earn a 5 rating. Thus this user can give a heavy rating as opposed to a user with 1 rating and a low weight.

Just check out www.overgrow.com for the Karma system and how it works.

I have never seen a better system online other than the Karma system. Nobody comes close to it.

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I would substitute in its place rank. The higher your position, the more weight you would have.



Oh, so because you are a mod you are better than anyone else? Maybe an admin is better than anyone because of their rank?

Seems to work for the military. Why not here?

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Thor]
    #1536495 - 05/10/03 05:22 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1536510 - 05/10/03 05:39 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

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Why so snippy, Captain? :frown:



Because you were against this whole thing. This has been my baby and thankfully matts came around and made it a reality for me and the community. You called it bullshit.


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You know as I know that there was an incredibly long ass discussion on this in the mod forum.  And it was explained to me that the length of time you had been at the site the more weight you had.



I have not seen this, and dont know where this came from.


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If that was a lie and I believed it don't blame me for being another other than gullible.




Lie? I have no idea where this came from.

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Oh, so because you are a mod you are better than anyone else? Maybe an admin is better than anyone because of their rank?

Seems to work for the military. Why not here? 




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Better?  Please point out where I said "better".  The fact is that those of us who work our ass off should be good people.




Good people according to who? If you do good then the users who make up this community reward you with positive 'weighted' ratings.. Those who have low weighted influence have less ability to effect your rating, those who have 'earned' a high rating (karma) can give you high or low ratings according to their standing in this community.
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The higher up the ladder you go the better sort of person you should be.  True?  Or do you support giving positions of responsibility and authority to assholes?



Hey no mod choice is ever perfect, you know for a fact we've had mods who have turned around and been nothing but assholes after they've left. Betrayal has happened on more than 4 occasions in the past, yet in your theory Mods are better than others? I know plenty of users of whom I've met in real life and who have great reputations and respect. Because they are 'users' should they not have the same respect as mods?

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Do I think 3D should have more weight than I do?

Damn straight!



I think that should be decided by the community, the mass of users who judge each 'post' 'reply' or comment by 3D to determine his rating. OF course I would and most others would give 3D a immensly high rating, but his actions on the BB to other users are also important. Its not a situation where because you are an admin that you be untouchable and free from criticism.

WE ARE ALL ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ACTIONS.

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Do I think I should have more weight than Looner?

Damn straight again.




I agree with you there, this 'karma' type system would also reflect this situation better than our current system of mushroom ratings.

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If getting a bunch of rates gives you more clout when you give them, then are you saying that some dickhead who has a 1 mushroom rating and 70 rates has more clout than a member who has a 5 mushroom rating and only 35 rates?

I certainly hope that isn't the case.




Well again you are certainly making a judgement without obviously going to overgrow and reading how it works.

You judged this system without the facts, and here you are making examples of it without realizing how the system works.

The more 'positive' ratings you have the more you can give. If you have nothing but negetive ratings the less you can give.

Its simple, please refer to Overgrow.com for their Karma system and then comment on it after you know the facts. 

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Anno]
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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1536610 - 05/10/03 07:43 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

>Great, so then we will reward post whores? I think that's bullshit too.

Hmmm, but you are a postwhore too, right? :wink: 

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Anno]
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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1537127 - 05/10/03 02:17 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

We have never intended on using it exactly as they have it at overgrow. We've discussed using a 'karma type' system here, one that matts will create and obviously number of posts won't reflect on the weight of your ratings.

Thats a given.

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1537156 - 05/10/03 02:34 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

So you are saying that you are better than everyone?  :ooo:


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1537160 - 05/10/03 02:37 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Do I think I should have more weight than Looner?

don't patronize me!!! :grin: 

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1537288 - 05/10/03 03:52 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

The more ratings you have, the less your ratings will be affected by new ratings.

If the new system gets active, I suggest all ratings get erased and we start over again.


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1537300 - 05/10/03 04:01 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

I'm curious, and the devil's advocate:

>>Which means that members who have been there longer get more points. And as I said before I think that's bullshit.


^^ Why do you think that's bullshit, what are your reasons and the overall conclusion do you see if such a stipulation was implemented?

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1538206 - 05/10/03 11:17 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

A few thoughts on this, and maybe a suggestion or two as well...

I think the shroom rating system needs to be weighted, but it must be thought out or the weighting will become meaningless:

A post count can get very large for a user without that user actually adding anything to the community. User A might spend 30 minutes writing a large post with a lot of thought and meaning. During the same time, user B might post 20 one liners that have little or no value.

A word count doesn't really help either... Motaman would have a huge word cound from all of the wonderful news stories he posts, but why should the cut and paste of news stories relate to his rating as seen in other forums? (Keep up the good work Motaman, I _love_ the news forum since you started posting there!)

Each forum could have its own rating. A user would then have different rates in different forums. This could get very complex to change or implement and isn't worth the hassle most likely.

One interesting idea I had was to expire ratings over time. After so many weeks or months the rating dies a silent death.

Probably the easiest to code while remaining effective is a mix:

split the number of posts a user has into five groups, <100, 100-499, 500-999, 1000-4999, >5000 as an example. Each group is given a modifier, 0.1, 0.2, 1, 1.5, 2 for example. When I rate another user, my own current rating (number of shrooms) and my post modifier are multiplied to create a new value. The new value is then used to weight my opinion of another user.

A newbie with 5 shrooms and 1 post rating somebody else will have little effect. A super poster with 10023 posts and 4 shrooms will have a large effect when rating another user.

I also think it would be nice, as a user, to see the individual ratings. I don't care to know who gave it to me, but it would be nice to see the spread... a tool to help better myself.

One last idea is to require a user to fill in feedback to rate another user. This would help cut down on spite ratings or people that give random or constant ratings for whatever reason. The feedback would also help the person being rated know what it was they did, good or bad. Again, no problem with anonymous feedback for non-mod/admin types.



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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1539848 - 05/11/03 08:29 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

I was thinking that maybe only the last 25 ratings would count on a person- therefore eliminating the 'too many rates, no change' problem.


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Murex]
    #1540750 - 05/12/03 01:33 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Well, I'm gonna throw my two cents into the pile here.

I am glad to see that this issue is being addressed. While I've always liked the rating system, I've thought that the method by which it is administered is rather menial. I even suggested a separate mycological rating a few months ago.

Just a few comments really...First off let me say that I can understand where M_M is coming from concerning a potential system of weights and the length of time which a user has been registered here. However I think we need to look at this issue from a multitude of angles.

Lets face it, being a "newbie" sucks, and it's a trial by fire straight from the beginning. You're pretty likely to post stupid questions, disregard the FAQ's, and fail to use the search button if you have a question. So you catch hell for that. Lord help some of these folks if they wander further into the community where more of the tenured members reside. While it is slowly subsiding, I still occasionally have members talk down to me, with a snobbish air about them, for the fact that they have spent a good portion of their formative years here, and I have not been here for a year. I have oft wondered to myself if there was a set period of time which a member must be registered here for their shit no longer to stink. It sucks, eh? Must the ratings of those who are downtrodden be subjected to further scrutiny for the fact that their registration date falls after another's? Are their opinions not worth that of another user's?

But too, let us approach this from the other side of the coin. There is a large number of new users on a daily basis, the majority of which come here only for cultivation information. Some may pop in for only a few months, and potentially rack up a fair amount of karma, for one reason or another, and then disappear forever. Why should their ability to rate something be equal to that of another user who has been here four years?

I am sure folks can comment further on both sides of the issue here, and I certainly encourage others to do so, so that the administration may fairly consider this decision. Ultimately my opinion is that the length of which a user has been here should affect the weight of their karma, or whatever we choose to call it, but that affect should be very nominal.

Secondly let us examine how the post count could affect the weight system.

Post whoring is obviously the biggest problem one could foresee with crediting users with added weight for a post count. I think most would agree to that. But, let us consider the fact that all posts are not created equal. Is a post in OTD equal to that of a post in Advanced Mushroom Cultivation, or any of the numerous forums within Mushrooms and Mycology grouping, or even say the Support Group Central? Should not those users who seek to help out other users, and especially the newer users, be rewarded for their contributions to the site? There are a number of members who truly have had a large impact on the community through their continuous aid to other members. I think it would be a shame if they were not somehow rewarded. Furthermore I think this might encourage other users who really do not contribute to this site (:cough:me:cough:  :wink: ), to maybe help out other users.

This being said I think that a user's post count should somehow affect their rating. Furthermore, and most importantly I think, I believe that the forums should carry different weights themselves so that a posts in separate forums do not affect a user's weighting the same. For example say Mushroom Cult. =.1 or something, and OTD = .0001.

Like I said, glad to see that this is being developed. I'd like to see some comments further concerning both of these issues though. 


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: I_Fart_Blue]
    #1540808 - 05/12/03 01:57 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

are you guys truly judge people by their ratings?

i don't really pay any more attention to someone with 4 than someone with 2.

maybe it's just me.


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Captain Jack]
    #1540958 - 05/12/03 03:30 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

are you guys truly judge people by their ratings?

i don't really pay any more attention to someone with 4 than someone with 2.

maybe it's just me.



No... it's not just you. I'm sure I'll be dismissed as complaining because I have only 2 shrooms, but the rating system sucks and should be abandoned, as well as the post count.

I'll use myself as an example. I give an automatic one to anyone who even mentions ratings.


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Captain Jack]
    #1542054 - 05/12/03 02:55 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

>>are you guys truly judge people by their ratings?
i don't really pay any more attention to someone with 4 than someone with 2.



I too do not look at a rating, my first impression on the shroom rating thing was more of a novelty than anything.


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: I_Fart_Blue]
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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1543545 - 05/12/03 10:56 PM (20 years, 10 months ago)

You could simply remove any weight given to posts made in OTD and the Pub.

Higher weight given to people who post in forums such as the Suggestion forum for example.

There are many ways to tweak this system, but simply put it is going to be vastly superior to the current one.

Not to mention it would go very well with the 'user rating system' that traders are starting to use:

User Rating System

I think that this will be a logical next step in the evelution of the community.

A system that rewards contributors, helpfull people, and especially encourage less rudeness, hate, etc...

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Thor]
    #1544619 - 05/13/03 09:14 AM (20 years, 10 months ago)

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: ]
    #1559340 - 05/19/03 02:41 AM (20 years, 9 months ago)

Ok i like the idea of different ratings for different forums. BUT if you just have a rate from OTD count less, whos to say that said person from OTD doesnt just go into mushroom forums and rate you bad there? What you need several sets of ratings id say 4 one for each bracket of forums. You could have each one be different colors or something, and they should be weighted with karma. Maybe even diffent karma programs for the different rating sets. For example in the mushroom forums most of the weight in rates would come from your own rating. Post count and time spent at forum having less weight. But in the community more weight could be put in to post count/time spent here. Trade could be just like the feedback section of ebay at least that is how i would do it. There would be a rating just like all the forums but you could click on the rates and it would take u to a seperate page of feedback from people hes had dealings with. you cant just rate someone you would have to put in a comment. Enthogenic experiance could be a mix of post count and rating weight. Because of the trip tips and general section the posts count could have some meaning, the garden is more about the content so that would also be weighted. I know that it isnt impossible for this system to be abused but i think that this would make it harder for them to. Even if you have a high rate from OTD that means nothing when you rate someone on their mushroom forum rate. About the only difference they could make would be to down you community rate, and most of the experts would still have respect where it counted.

now i know absolutly nothing about programming or anything like that. so i dont know if this is even feisable. id love some input on this one i kinda mixed and matched what i heard in other posts and added a little. anyways peace

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: blaze2]
    #1560114 - 05/19/03 01:19 PM (20 years, 9 months ago)


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Murex]
    #1561702 - 05/19/03 09:40 PM (20 years, 9 months ago)

huh?


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: blaze2]
    #1562184 - 05/20/03 01:22 AM (20 years, 9 months ago)

I'm too stupid to comprehend what you said above. It konfuzed me (and I'm not even stoned).


I like your sig thow. Good words.  :wink:


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Murex]
    #1562270 - 05/20/03 02:10 AM (20 years, 9 months ago)

thx i like your artwork in your sigs/avatars too good stuff.

well ill try to explain things simpler i guess when i wrote that i was a little stoned and we all know how good things sound when your blazed and how dumb they sound later so here we go..

okay lets say that we went with what they were speaking about in the other posts. where(whatever forum your in) you rate someone would carry more weight(at least thats how i understood it.) so if you didnt like a guy in OTD and you rate him bad then it means nothing. but the problem is smart people would soon find out that all you would have to do to really hurt their rating would be go into one of the cult/hunt forums and rate em bad there.

so what i said is that you need seperate ratings systems for each braket of forums on the main page. and you would need 4(feedback section doesnt need rates everyone has a say) seperate systems. so instead of looking at one set of mushrooms in your avatar there would be 4 one for the mushroom forums, one for the entheo experiance forums, one for trade and one for community.

i went on to say that they could all be weighted differently for example the mushroom forums would be weighted mostly by your own rating post count/time on forums having little to no bering. so if i have a 5 rate and rate someone a 5 it means alot but if someone with a 1 rated someone the same it would mean nothing even if he had alot of posts.

in the eneteogenic experiance forum there would be some weight placed on post count/time spent at forum. more than the mushroom forums but less than the community. since some forums here like the general ? and trip tips have some folks that post alot but the garden is based more on a few good posts there would have to be a balance.

in the trade i proposed something like ebay. when you rate someone you leave your comments. this forum wouldnt be weighted but you could see every indivdual rate by clicking on a link in there avatar or something. this would tell you good people from ripoffs.

community would have more weight placed on post count/time spent in forum but still the ones with good rates will have more clout.

like i said this is a big proposal(at least i think it is) but it would be harder for people to fuck with others rates this way. if you for instance said something to offend someone in a community forum then they couldnt hurt your rating in the cult/hunting forums. and maybe you dont need all these ratings in your avatar in every forum maybe only the relevent rating will be visible in the forums you visit. that way it wouldnt make the pages any longer or anything like that. i hope i cleared some of things up. it should be easier to read since i didnt write it in one long block this time. peace

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: blaze2]
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    #1564641 - 05/20/03 11:26 PM (20 years, 9 months ago)

thx glad to help. peace

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: blaze2]
    #1564855 - 05/21/03 12:59 AM (20 years, 9 months ago)

Holy shit that is a brilliant post.

I'm around here enough now to form my own opinions about the people who post here, but your solution really gives depth to the amount of information you can get in a ratings system. Five of our soon to be devalued shrooms to you, my brother.

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: pseudopod]
    #1564884 - 05/21/03 01:11 AM (20 years, 9 months ago)

lol thx i think that what i proposed would probly be the best idea so far(of course i am biased :smile: )but i dont know how hard it would be to code or any of that i really have no idea about computers other than basic things like clicking and typing and all that.  when it gets down to programming and codes and shit im clueless so i guess we just wait for the admins like matt to stop by and give their opinion.  peace

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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: blaze2]
    #1566536 - 05/21/03 04:07 PM (20 years, 9 months ago)


It makes sense now, the only thing is that it sounds complicated (to make).


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Re: Idea: A new rating system [Re: Murex]
    #1567884 - 05/21/03 11:47 PM (20 years, 9 months ago)

yea thats what i thought but still the idea could be simplified. id like to see what the admins have to say(im not dissing you bro its just that they would actually be designing and implementing the new system.) peace

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    #1599209 - 06/01/03 07:08 PM (20 years, 9 months ago)

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