April 13, 2002, 07:55
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Markos please kill the thread rating feature
Markos could you please just kill the thread rating thing? It is hardly used. With one fell swoop you can remove the dropdown box at the bottom right, plus disable all the associated code.
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April 13, 2002, 08:52
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It is almost never used and it looks ugly. But Markos loves it. Look at the convoluted rating system in the links directory.
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April 13, 2002, 09:05
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Ratings are generally meaningless, and not used often enough by people to give them meaning.
The only exceptions to this rule are:
a) Vels threads, which get 5 stars more often than not. The rating is pointless, cuz everyone knows they should read what he has to say.
b) When threads specifically mention ratings in their title. Then they get really low ratings, because people are reminded to rate the thread, but want to be... funny...
So kill that feature!!  
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April 13, 2002, 09:28
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never used it until this thread
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April 13, 2002, 10:07
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Originally posted by Hydey
never used it until this thread
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See, proof   
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April 13, 2002, 10:21
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(Some) People use it to rate files in the Files forum.
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April 13, 2002, 11:19
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I couldn't resist rating the thread.
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April 13, 2002, 12:55
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what happened to your mod title, gramphos?
this must be the thread with the most ratings ever
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April 13, 2002, 13:32
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I never liked it- it is very meaningless.
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April 13, 2002, 15:04
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What title?
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April 13, 2002, 16:01
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Yeah, trash it. 
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April 13, 2002, 16:29
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Yep, it's pretty useless. And it can definitely go when the files finally get their own database.
So who has been awarding pretty much all Apolyton/Community threads 5 stars? Someone who wants to conceal the lack of use of this feature, or someone who wants to force the pro-raters to take this feature down because of its misuse? I smell a conspiracy, or is it that can of spam that has way passed its expiration date?
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April 13, 2002, 16:41
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I noticed that a bunch of the A/C threads were rated, so I went ahead and rated one more...dunno who originally did it tho.
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April 13, 2002, 18:03
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Don't get rid, but take it out of the Light stylesheet.
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April 13, 2002, 19:31
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Originally posted by Grrr
Don't get rid, but take it out of the Light stylesheet.
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Agreed!
And can you add "Last post by" to Light style? 
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April 13, 2002, 19:39
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Why not use decent Herrenmensch style instead of light style then, Zopper? 
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April 13, 2002, 19:54
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Use the special style. The popup doesn't appear (  ), but there is still only one ad per page
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April 13, 2002, 20:32
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I think the popup doesn't appear because we are on a non-commercial server, thus no "Apolyton gets money" advertisements.
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April 13, 2002, 20:37
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No paid ads on our server, so no popup.
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April 15, 2002, 14:13
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I agree that it should be removed. This is the first thread I've ever rated. For the few people that Gramphos states actually use it, I'm sure they will find an alternative. Wasted bandwidth.
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April 15, 2002, 14:20
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I never rate threads, and never take notice of the rating of a thread.
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April 15, 2002, 15:20
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:bang head against wall smiley:
Markos loves this thing for some reason. Just like he loves the tracert. (He would marry them if he could)
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April 15, 2002, 15:42
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I can't believe this thread has received more ratings than half of the posts made in it...
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April 15, 2002, 16:19
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thinks about it for 0.9899549 seconds
no.
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