Regarding the Member Ratings.. the goal.. instead of answering that directly, I think a quote from the Software Company that developed the board will help:

Quote:
Registered members can rate each other on a scale of 1-5. Only registered members can rate, and they can only rate a particular member one time (no stuffing the ballot box!).

Admins can elect to show all ratings or just display ratings for users that receive 4 or 5 stars (to keep lower-rated members from feeling bad).

Individual members can also elect to disallow rating for themselves.

The rating is fairly intelligent-- all averages are weighted based on the rating of the person doing the rating. Thus, a member with a 5-star rating carries more clout in the overall averaging than a member with a rating of 1 star.

This feature is a great way of identifying "experts" on particular boards.


I think the last line sums up what I hope the ratings will accomplish in our community. I have elected to only show Ratings for those with 4 or 5 stars as indicated above. I'd like to use this feature to indicate the quality of posts that an individual contributes and not based on the poplularity. But who's to say? \:D I'm flattered that I have 5 stars showing.

BTW, I'll be changing the icon for those stars and a few other icons so they show up better on the dark background. That should appear later tonight.

[ 03-21-2001: Message edited by: Z65_Paul ]

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