One Star Ratings (Star rating system defined)

**Fango** · #1 02-01-2006, 10:07 AM

I've been seeing a lot of one star ratings lately in the Photos forums and I think someone is rating them that way inadvertently. There aren't any derogatory comments in the posts and all of the replies are good, so the ratings must be erroneous. So to clarify the rating system: 5 stars = "I love this post!", 4 stars = "This is a good post.", 3 stars = "This post is OK.", 2 stars = "This post is not so good.", 1 star = "This post sucks."

Fango

mranand · #2 08-16-2009, 10:04 PM

I always wondered who rates threads and whether i would be able to rate or not. Today only I found out that rating a thread can be activated only after 2 MB of posts on this forum. Well I think I have posted more than 2MB in last 2 days but still I dont see rate the thread option for me. Moderators - can you pls look into it?

**Fango** · #3 08-16-2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mranand

I always wondered who rates threads and whether i would be able to rate or not. Today only I found out that rating a thread can be activated only after 2 MB of posts on this forum. Well I think I have posted more than 2MB in last 2 days but still I dont see rate the thread option for me. Moderators - can you pls look into it?

That's not what activates it. You have to be a One Click Pass member to be able to rate threads. This is because, years ago, people who weren't One Click Pass members were purposely, anonymously, and maliciously down-rating threads.

That being said, star ratings really aren't that important here. The best way to thank a member for their post is to leave them a written reply or click the "Thanks" button.

Fango

mranand · #4 08-16-2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by fango44

That's not what activates it. You have to be a One Click Pass member to be able to rate threads. This is because, years ago, people who weren't One Click Pass members were purposely, anonymously, and maliciously down-rating threads.

That being said, star ratings really aren't that important here. The best way to thank a member for their post is to leave them a written reply or click the "Thanks" button.

Fango

ah..ok. got it. Thanks for explaining!!!

**Alex** · #5 08-16-2009, 11:54 PM

Fango was absolutely correct. We had a problem with people (mostly lurkers I'm guessing) abusing the thread rating system, so we chose to limit who could access this feature.

However, I'm glad you brought this up because I think people who have contributed 2MB or more of attachments can probably be trusted with this great power.

I just enabled the thread rating option for all members who have posted over 2 MB of attachments. Let's see how it goes.

Thanks,

mranand · #6 08-17-2009, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Fango was absolutely correct. We had a problem with people (mostly lurkers I'm guessing) abusing the thread rating system, so we chose to limit who could access this feature.

However, I'm glad you brought this up because I think people who have contributed 2MB or more of attachments can probably be trusted with this great power.

I just enabled the thread rating option for all members who have posted over 2 MB of attachments. Let's see how it goes.

Thanks,

WOW!!! Thank you very much!! I hope it will be used in positive way by members.