Thread ratings

[ozgeek]

Neat feature! I like it. Actually it's a great idea. It would give me idea of the quality of each thread. (Y)

Thank you, Tim!

[elliot]

Can we have it on Active Posts? :whistle:

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

I love the idea!

great work (Y)

[Steven]

Well, it's a complex statisical method. You've got to factor in trends, user demographics, and various other metrics into the equation. And this isn't just a simple binomial or gaussian distrobution, because of dealing with all these dimensions. Several regressions have to be performed to normalize the data set into something workable for a final true number.

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Follow this logic. :wacko:

[Aaron Veteran]

Just seems unnecessary to me.

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It is only bloat if it slows down the site, which it doesn't. Therfore it's a Feature.

[forster]

It is only bloat if it slows down the site, which it doesn't.  Therfore it's a Feature.

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Riiiiight - looks a bit uneccesary to me :rolleyes:

[msg43]

Riiiiight - looks a bit uneccesary to me :rolleyes:

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yeah I don't think it 100% needed but it kind of neat

but if you keep it is there a way to put ratings in a email. So when you get a new topic notifcation you could see if it worth visiting

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

It encourages good posting habits and draws your attention to good content on the forums (and, conversely, away from bad content). Considering a small subset of users have bitched about how "downhill" the site is going, this is a way to counteract that by encouraging good posting habits.

Edit: It's also absolutely perfect for the reviews and visual styles forums. People can rate reviews and styles for content :)

[OPaul]

I don't think this will make any difference as far as someone's posting habits are concerned. Why would a member care if a thread got a bad rating just because of his post? Are members really going to strive to get threads a good rating? I dont think so.

[Steven]

It encourages good posting habits and draws your attention to good content on the forums (and, conversely, away from bad content). Considering a small subset of users have bitched about how "downhill" the site is going, this is a way to counteract that by encouraging good posting habits.

Edit: It's also absolutely perfect for the reviews and visual styles forums. People can rate reviews and styles for content :)

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Tim,

I think you should make a FORUM WIDE ANNOUCEMENT (IPB Announcement) that RATINGS EXIST. Just like the one you made when we were introduced to "Neowin 3.9".

I haven't seen 1 other thread with a viewable rating other than this one.

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

I lowered the threshold to 7 votes to counteract that. We've got 635 votes as of right now (about 15 hours after inception), so I think that's a good amount. I may lower it to 5 if we still haven't gotten a lot of rated topics by tommorrow. It's still a tweaking process, which is why I haven't made an annoucement yet.

[Steven]

I lowered the threshold to 7 votes to counteract that. We've got 635 votes as of right now (about 15 hours after inception), so I think that's a good amount. I may lower it to 5 if we still haven't gotten a lot of rated topics by tommorrow. It's still a tweaking process, which is why I haven't made an annoucement yet.

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ok.. good news. I put a link in my sig.. that'll help get the word out ;)

[Banjo]

Also, will you have the script preload the image for the selected thumb? It's slightly annoying when you have to wait a second or two to select one after the cache expired or was cleared. especially for slow connections.

[Steven]

Transfer Page issue again ;)

Find:

Thanks, Your vote has been added.
Topics need 10 votes before the total vote is shown publicly.

Change to

Thanks, Your vote has been added.
Topics need 7 votes before the total vote is shown publicly.

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Keep abreast on that tim as you keep modifying the number required to see the rating.

[WishX]

I don't think this will make any difference as far as someone's posting habits are concerned. Why would a member care if a thread got a bad rating just because of his post? Are members really going to strive to get threads a good rating? I dont think so.

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It may not change certain people's posting habits, but if a handful of people have read the thread and it's truly terrible, they can vote which will let others know not to bother.

That, and it will save people from having to scroll down through tons of posts like "This sux!" and " :x " and " (N) " for pages.

I hope people will get in the habit of rating every thread they read, be it good, bad or mediocre. :)

[Chad.C]

Great work Tim. Loving the new feature.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

i dont like it :(

i think the yellow is kinda weak... i know its like a stop sign

red = 1-2? low

yellow = 3-4 middle..

green = 5 good?

but i dont like the yellow look :s sorry

and the mouse over on the rating is very nice... but you should use something other then thumbs?

[j.r.l.]

I've just put in place the code for thread ratings. You can now rate topics to encourage good posting habits (or discourage bad ones). Any topic requires 10 votes before you can see it's rating, so that someone (or someones) can't take over the vote. You get one vote per thread, so make it count!

Let me know any bugs you find, but it should be secure against haX0ring and such ;)

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Please think twice about your last line :unsure: If I find anything I'll contact you (same as last time :rofl: )

[Banjo]

Are we supposed to be able to vote on locked threads?

I'll see if I can find any bugs :shifty:

[Acezo]

Great feature, I was wondering if nw would implement this just last week

[Dallas]

niffty, gives me a reason to read the whole thread :p

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

i dont like it :(

i think the yellow is kinda weak...  i know its like a stop sign

red = 1-2? low

yellow = 3-4 middle..

green = 5 good?

but i dont like the yellow look :s  sorry

and the mouse over on the rating is very nice...  but you should use something other then thumbs?

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Don't worry, those images are only temporary. I'm still waiting on some updated graphics from the gfx team :D

Please think twice about your last line  :unsure: If I find anything I'll contact you (same as last time  :rofl: )

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Trust me, you can't hack it. There are no SQL injection tricks or overflows you can do with it. Every input is intval()'d and checked for validity first....

[Slimy]

i like the idea very much :yes:

[goheels681]

Would it be possible to use a post-by-post rating, and then have the average of the rating of all the user's post under their name in a thread?

[ike]

Would it be possible to use a post-by-post rating, and then have the average of the rating of all the user's post under their name in a  thread?

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yeah, like a member rating. an average rating of a user's posts. i've seen a feature similar to this on other board systems.