Morning Dew
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Wed Sep-24-08 11:48 AM
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Can the "skip it" , "disruptive" and the "average" threads get marked too? |
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Edited on Wed Sep-24-08 11:48 AM by Morning Dew
It doesn't help that much if I still have to open those threads. I mean, as long as the must read and the rec. threads are marked, it can't be that much trouble to mark the others as well.
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Cleita
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Wed Sep-24-08 11:50 AM
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1. What if trolls come along and mark really good threads as |
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"skip it", "disruptive" and "average"?
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Morning Dew
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Wed Sep-24-08 11:53 AM
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What if they mark disruptive threads as must read.
I guess I don't hate the new system yet, but in some ways it's not that user friendly - for me, anyway.
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Wed Sep-24-08 11:54 AM
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4. It doesn't take a troll to do that. |
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The first folks to read a thread aren't always the brightest. Good posts will be missed with this system. In fact I regard it as an odd kind of way to measure the merit of an idea.
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Wed Sep-24-08 11:55 AM
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6. Since the admins have access as to how individuals vote in polls |
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I would assume they could also spot trolls by how they vote on the recommends.
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Wed Sep-24-08 11:56 AM
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7. It's called "democracy". You rely on the good people to outnumber the bad.... |
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Yes I realize that's a scary idea in America.
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DJ13
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Wed Sep-24-08 12:00 PM
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8. Thats precisely why I dont like a ratings system |
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Yahoo Finance changed three years ago from a Recommend style like we had here up until yesterday to one that used a 5 star Ratings system.
Most every informative post on important news about the stock the board is supposed to discuss now gets 1 star from short sellers and/or a hedge fund shorting that stock, taking advantage of Yahoo's board default settings where "1 star or less" gets filtered out so you dont see it.
It wouldnt take much for a large group of Freepers to register here, not to post, but to just low rate important posts.
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Wed Sep-24-08 12:07 PM
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10. Then they get averaged out by DUers. |
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Wed Sep-24-08 11:51 AM
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Debunked/Bogus Dupe Old News
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Wed Sep-24-08 11:54 AM
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Wed Sep-24-08 12:03 PM
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9. You forgot "Worst Post Ever". |
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Edited on Wed Sep-24-08 12:04 PM by DCKit
but your choices are excellent.
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Wed Sep-24-08 12:09 PM
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11. Skinner- if you read this, I concur with the OP. |
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If a large number of people are all saying "skip it" or "disruptive" and I don't know until I've already clicked on the thread to read it, what's the point?
I agree that I don't want to see a lot of orange, yellow, and red in the column, it's too distracting.
But how about you just have the tag but keep it grayed out?
Fair compromise, no?
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