Should Boards have a rating system?

retro:electro · 09-05-2017 01:27PM #1

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 · 09-05-2017 01:34PM

You have 3 blue stars under your name, OP.

Winterlong · 09-05-2017 01:35PM

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 · 09-05-2017 01:37PM

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

meeeeh · 09-05-2017 01:38PM

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.

09-05-2017 01:38PM

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

Mr E · 09-05-2017 01:38PM

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

eviltwin · 09-05-2017 01:39PM

Does the thanks function not do that anyway?

Birneybau · 09-05-2017 01:39PM

I give your idea null pois.

dudara · 09-05-2017 01:40PM

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 · 09-05-2017 01:43PM

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 · 09-05-2017 01:44PM

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 · 09-05-2017 01:46PM

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

Boom_Bap · 09-05-2017 01:47PM

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5rtytry56 · 09-05-2017 01:51PM

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 · 09-05-2017 01:52PM

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 · 09-05-2017 02:03PM

Birneybau wrote: »

I give your idea null pois.

No peas?

biko · 09-05-2017 02:04PM

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 · 09-05-2017 02:07PM

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

PARlance · 09-05-2017 02:07PM

Pherekydes wrote: »

No peas?

Un petit pois.

Boom_Bap · 09-05-2017 02:08PM

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

andekwarhola · 09-05-2017 02:10PM

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 · 09-05-2017 02:11PM

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

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

Jobs OXO · 09-05-2017 02:11PM

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 · 09-05-2017 02:14PM

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 · 09-05-2017 02:15PM

Boom_Bap wrote: »

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

Hi cutie :P

stronglikebull · 09-05-2017 02:18PM

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 · 09-05-2017 02:18PM

NO.

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

soups05 · 09-05-2017 02:54PM

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 · 09-05-2017 03:00PM

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 · 09-05-2017 03:02PM

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.

Should Boards have a rating system?

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