Stars Addicted Anonymous

[shoneill]

I have to admit, that's low. It seems that someone didn't appreciate NI staff congratulating you.

I just gave them 5 stars (which kind of releases me from the suspiscion that it might have been me who ss'd them).

Anyway, congrats again CC 😛

Shane.

[altenbach]

There are a few possible innocent explanations:

The window size could have been just right (=wrong) to only show the first selection after "Rate this answer". Maybe it should be rearranged so "5(best)" is on the left and 1 on the right. 😉

Also remember that the forum profile can be set to Preference="Simple rating style", in this case we only get a Yes/No option. Does anyone know how YES and NO each translate to a star number???

Message Edited by altenbach on 06-09-2005 09:47 AM

[Ray.R]

CC... agreed!! that's cold!!
I can't believe someone gave 1S to NI people.. -why?-

Gave some 5S to bring up the average..

Actually, we're meeting Evan next week.

--- okay.... all emotions aside ---

WHO says we don't care about ratings??
Especially with a thread called "Stars Addicted Anonymous"



-anonymous-

[LV_Pro]

Have any of you noticed being distracted from real work by the "need" to look into the forums and see who you can "help"?


P.M.

[altenbach]

As an experimenalist, I have explored how the simple ratings translate into stars. For this purpose, I have switched my preferences to simple ratings, then rated two messages of my old alter ego account to hurt nobody elses feelings ;).

Instead of

---

Rate this message 1,2,3,4,5(best)

---

we only get

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Was this message helpful to you? Yes|No

---

Here's the calibration I got for the simple rating:
Yes --> , No -->

So we have the following scale:
= Helpful=Yes (best).



= Helpful=NO

[EdDickens]

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Have any of you noticed being distracted from real work by the "need" to look into the forums and see who you can "help"?

---

Yes, I've been caught by this a few times. I think to myself, "I'll just answer this one question." The original poster replies back needing more info, so another reply goes out, then another, and another... And suddenly it's lunch. 😮

Ed
(I've always been attracted to bright shiny objects)

[Ben]

"
Have any of you noticed being distracted from real work by the "need" to look into the forums and see who you can "help"?
"

As Ed confirmed you are not alone.

I do not think this should be big suprise because regular contributors to the Exchange have to a at least a little "good Sumaritan" in them.

This is personality "flaw" for which you will be blessed in the long run.

Ben

[JeanPierre]

I've also noticed that more than half of our posts are here and in Feedback.
What are you doing here! Go earn stars! 😉

[Ray.R]

You're alter-ego is hurting Alten..

😉

And YES ... too often.. and I really shouldn't as it s forbidden..
so getting a 1S is a bit of a slap in the face, although it really isn't..

strange animals, humans are...

😄

[Ben]

JP!

You sir, are a slave driver! (insert smiley face here).

Come on, cut us a break, where else can we "consult with our fellow wizards"?

I do not know about you but this is the only place I can go where the phrase "1 can not be represented in binary" gets a laugh.

Ben