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Former Member
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Hello WCG.
Attention: WCG-forum policy administrator knreed - WCG Tech Gentlemen: I would like to suggest that a system be in place where those who post answers ("responders") are rated by those ("initiators") who have raised some WCG-related concerns and seek to have answers to those concerns. I believe that this rating mechanism has the potential to help steer the quality of the discussions in the forum to a higher level in that those who helped the most people (and in the most effective way) gets rewarded the most while not exactly punishing those who could know better. As for "initiators", I envision that they would get their help faster (than otherwise would be without the "push-pull" of a rating system) and with all the pluses that, in turn, bring to them specifically and to WCG in general. For this, I suggest that a "Rate this response" icon be incorporated in the post at the forums. Thanks  . |
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nasher
Veteran Cruncher USA Joined: Dec 2, 2005 Post Count: 1423 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Personaly dont think this would be that usefull in my opinion
----------------------------------------1) alot of articles are not nessarly based on a one answer but are more of a discussion 2) most the Community Advisors along with other members try to give you the best answer and once you have it your problem is solved 3) there have been some FAQ made of the most common problems and questions so a raiting system again in my opinion wouldnt be my top priority personaly there are alot of stats updates and such i would love to see before something like this was developed.  |
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David_L6
Senior Cruncher USA Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Post Count: 296 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I agree with nasher.
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Former Member
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Agree with nasher, too. Forums are not Yahoo! Answers, after all...
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twilyth
Master Cruncher US Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Post Count: 2130 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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I've seen this in operation at other sites except that the rating button is usually available to everyone. What happens is people use it to vote their own biased opinion and therefore it doesn't give any indication of the quality of a post or comment. I suspect the same thing would happen even if it were limited to the OP. In fact, I can see some people posting threads just so they would have the opportunity to crap on people who disagreed with their point of view.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Agreed!
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mikaok
Senior Cruncher Finland Joined: Aug 8, 2006 Post Count: 489 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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1) alot of articles are not nessarly based on a one answer but are more of a discussion Level is usually away above average in all discussions had on this forum comparared to all the other forums you can find from the internet. I personally think here people respect each other. I prefer discussion over answers. 2) most the Community Advisors along with other members try to give you the best answer and once you have it your problem is solved And they are usually very quick. cheers Mika
to infinity and beyond
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