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#1
05 Oct 2004 01:05
 
 
Favorit wrote:
Ooga wrote:
If you don't want people to bot ratings, then disallow it...it's even easier
to detect than create money or torch botting...and the threat of punishment is
for the most part enough to stop people from doing those these days...(hey, we
could maybe do the 3d figlet thingie for rating!)
The thing is... What's the point of having them, when mostly raters are
biased, rating down Blackstar or downrating every article? On a VERY rare
occasion we get a properly rated article.
Dunno if this is just me but I still consider it pointless feature in the
scope of global amount of players.
Well, when I type 'news top10', I see a good list of some of the better
posts...bot10 is maybe a bit off, but for the most part accurate (except for
blackstar's posts...
So do you think that since a number of people go to the US elections and
write in 'Mickey Mouse' for the presidential slot, we should disallow voting
in the US? There are always going to be people who do that, but it's generally
a small number, and will throw the overall votes just slightly...
You're talking about MUDDERS Ooga. Mudders are for the most part assholes
anyway, so any kind of voting will get badly screwed.

 
 
 
Saldas
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#2
05 Oct 2004 21:26
 
 
Saldas wrote:
Favorit wrote:
Ooga wrote:
If you don't want people to bot ratings, then disallow it...it's even easier
to detect than create money or torch botting...and the threat of punishment is
for the most part enough to stop people from doing those these days...(hey, we
could maybe do the 3d figlet thingie for rating!)
The thing is... What's the point of having them, when mostly raters are
biased, rating down Blackstar or downrating every article? On a VERY rare
occasion we get a properly rated article.
Dunno if this is just me but I still consider it pointless feature in the
scope of global amount of players.
Well, when I type 'news top10', I see a good list of some of the better
posts...bot10 is maybe a bit off, but for the most part accurate (except for
blackstar's posts...
So do you think that since a number of people go to the US elections and
write in 'Mickey Mouse' for the presidential slot, we should disallow voting
in the US? There are always going to be people who do that, but it's generally
a small number, and will throw the overall votes just slightly...
You're talking about MUDDERS Ooga. Mudders are for the most part assholes
anyway, so any kind of voting will get badly screwed.
Exactly ... just look at what happend to data room votes before!
But anyway I used the rating feature once the whole time it was implemented so
wouldn't bother me if it stayed or went.

 
 
 
Ramjett
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