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Re: Seeing the current node score

by particle (Vicar)
on Mar 03, 2002 at 05:50 UTC ( [id://148947]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Seeing the current node score

Not that I would change a vote (or decline to vote) based on the score, but if I were about to -- a node, and saw that it had a pretty decent score, I might be inclined to go back and re-read it, to see if perhaps I had missed something.

i think you've just contradicted yourself. it looks like the current method may protect you from yourself ;)

~Particle ;Þ

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Re: Re: Seeing the current node score
by rjray (Chaplain) on Mar 03, 2002 at 11:19 UTC

    I think you mis-read what I was saying-- I wouldn't let a score alone alter my vote, but seeing that something I considered off-topic or in need of a stern "RTFM" has a higher score might hint that I missed something the first time I read it. Upon re-reading, I may still vote as I originally planned. But if I do change, it's the re-reading that prompted the change. Seeing the score only gave me reason to pause and reconsider, before moving on to the (often numerous) other new nodes still waiting...

    --rjray

      On the contrary, I think that posts that aren't clear enough be obvious that they are not a case of RTFM deserve the very occasional -- they will get.

      But though I do think that it's a good thing that current score can have no influence on voting, what if you're unsure of the merits of a node and you're curious? I'd suggest an option to abstain whereby you could forfeit your right to vote on a node in order to find out its reputation.

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