Rating Members (Page 6/12)
Fformula88 OCT 21, 10:26 AM
Its not a bad idea Archie except for one thing.... I think one reason the flame wars keep going is the number of people who respond. It keeps the thread up at the top where everyone clicks on it and adds there two cents. Having everyone responding just to put a in it might make it worse, not better. The way they tend to go, maybe it wouldn't matter either. I would think that not posting to it is the best way to deal with it... and if evryone failed to respond the post would quickly go away.

Ok, so I am too idealistic. Go ahead and my post Archie!

Archie OCT 21, 10:53 AM

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Originally posted by Fformula88:
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GTDusty OCT 21, 08:07 PM
I think its a good idea. Im a new member here and it really doesnt seem that bad, but Ive been on another board for years and it is completely out of control. I have to wade through tons of"my car rocks yours dont" posts just to get to the information I want. Now I dont even go there anymore. Thanks to the 99% of members here who have been very helpful and friendly to the newbies!!

Dusty

TooManyFieros OCT 22, 11:33 AM
Sounds outstanding to me. Can't you just write this in your spare time? Like tonight at 2am????? Ha!Oh yea, when you are done, I'm having a small software problem with my model trains. Can you correct that too??? Good luck.
Jim
Jefrysuko OCT 22, 09:07 PM

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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
There are a number of members who don't post regularly because they're lurking most of the time or because they stay out of the O/T section.
Maybe we should add a "weight" to a vote. Which means anybody can vote, but the longer you are a member, the more weight your vote carries.

And or negate any posts in the O/T section.

BUCK WILLIAMS OCT 23, 07:33 PM
CLIFF YOU HAVE A GREAT SITE!! I READ IT A LOT TO GET TECH INFO AND TO COMPARE PRICES OF CARS AND PARTS! ANYTHING YOU DO SURE SUITS ME. THANKS FOR HAVING THIS AVALIABLE TO US.DO WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER!
Return of Fiero OCT 24, 10:09 AM
cliff, and members,

one thing for sure, on my little island. I have no problem with the who self (members) moderated forum idea, but on my end, there is something to look at. My only fear is that the way I am, and the way i write, things get takent the wrong way. its not on purpose, its just that i do my post quick, and sometimes phrase something wrong. this could go against me with the rating system. Another think would be the "oh, you want to go against me" factor, where say Fiero5 decides the the L4 is the better engine for his reasons, but FieroGT1 decided the V6 is better. This type of situation i have found can cause people to rate unfairly if there isnt a manitory fee-back attached to the rating. (yeahsomeone would have to look at all of them if there was an auto f/b, but from the rating system you are talking about, it seems to be the type where you dont like what is being said, black mark them. if you like them, dont rate.) I have been labled as contraversial by a few in my time, because i am fairly bold, and open. if i fell a certain way, i let it known. i also like to wise crack situations, and this has gotten me some wird responces. this is another thing that might get someone a black mark.
again i state, i have no problem with the rating system.it sounds like a good idea, im just playing devils advocate, its what im good at. i see a posibility of cliques forming, and dominating the set, but only to the point where "newbies" are floged for not understanding whats going on. im not going to say, that will happen, but again, im looking at it from the other side.
someone is going to write in responce to me about this next part, so im writeing it now. we could do this all day, find excuses as to why this can be a problem, and its true, we could. we could also sit here all day and try and find reasons we should. personaly, i think its rather generous of cliff to allow us to give some responcibal f/back on this topic, as it will effect us directly. there are a lot of forums, boards, and other such facilities that woould not give us this chance to voice our opinions such as i like or dislike having the board changed in this way. (or hey, Myke, ur spelling sux; hooked on phonics worked for me)
Clif if my 2 cents, ummm wait, this is more like 2 bucks worth, means anything, i say go for it. if a person (like myself), becomes too contravertial, or in other cases poiniently is being a jerk, let them be "voted off the island" as another member said. im not one to jump on the band waggon, but i had to here.
oh, one other thing, is off topic going to be part of the rating? it seems some of the off topic is WAY off topic, and it would be a shame to have that area censored, as sometimes it gets real funny (the bathroom string; doughnut string) then again, if it wasnt rated, people might use that area just to burn some biscuts.
sorry so long and boring, im not going back to reread this, so i hope i wrote this the way i wanted it

out of breath
Myke

Return of Fiero OCT 24, 10:17 AM
cliff, and members,

one thing for sure, on my little island. I have no problem with the who self (members) moderated forum idea, but on my end, there is something to look at. My only fear is that the way I am, and the way i write, things get takent the wrong way. its not on purpose, its just that i do my post quick, and sometimes phrase something wrong. this could go against me with the rating system. Another think would be the "oh, you want to go against me" factor, where say Fiero5 decides the the L4 is the better engine for his reasons, but FieroGT1 decided the V6 is better. This type of situation i have found can cause people to rate unfairly if there isnt a manitory fee-back attached to the rating. (yeahsomeone would have to look at all of them if there was an auto f/b, but from the rating system you are talking about, it seems to be the type where you dont like what is being said, black mark them. if you like them, dont rate.) I have been labled as contraversial by a few in my time, because i am fairly bold, and open. if i fell a certain way, i let it known. i also like to wise crack situations, and this has gotten me some wird responces. this is another thing that might get someone a black mark.
again i state, i have no problem with the rating system.it sounds like a good idea, im just playing devils advocate, its what im good at. i see a posibility of cliques forming, and dominating the set, but only to the point where "newbies" are floged for not understanding whats going on. im not going to say, that will happen, but again, im looking at it from the other side.
someone is going to write in responce to me about this next part, so im writeing it now. we could do this all day, find excuses as to why this can be a problem, and its true, we could. we could also sit here all day and try and find reasons we should. personaly, i think its rather generous of cliff to allow us to give some responcibal f/back on this topic, as it will effect us directly. there are a lot of forums, boards, and other such facilities that woould not give us this chance to voice our opinions such as i like or dislike having the board changed in this way. (or hey, Myke, ur spelling sux; hooked on phonics worked for me)
Clif if my 2 cents, ummm wait, this is more like 2 bucks worth, means anything, i say go for it. if a person (like myself), becomes too contravertial, or in other cases poiniently is being a jerk, let them be "voted off the island" as another member said. im not one to jump on the band waggon, but i had to here.
oh, one other thing, is off topic going to be part of the rating? it seems some of the off topic is WAY off topic, and it would be a shame to have that area censored, as sometimes it gets real funny (the bathroom string; doughnut string) then again, if it wasnt rated, people might use that area just to burn some biscuts.
sorry so long and boring, im not going back to reread this, so i hope i wrote this the way i wanted it

out of breath
Myke

tomcat06085 OCT 24, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
You really don't think I would go through all that trouble for one person, do you?

We've had our share of "difficult" members in the past, and most of them cleaned up their act in time. This is just a way to speed that process up a little.



It's a great idea. It will build a better environment and we'll all learn and appreciate the Forum more. I'm a recent buyer of a Fiero and the posters on this forum help ed me before my decision was made on year and model.

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tomcat
Thanks for the help!

84Bill OCT 25, 12:02 PM
Welp I'm all for that idea but I dont like the idea of just one person being able to reduce ones merit because of a disagreement.
How about a number of votes would bring a user down say 7 users of a year or more. that way it's "popular opinion" and not just a single opinion.
Even better still in order to kind of "teach" the user how to behave and better the board, have the voters vote to close the offending thread and after say 5 threads closed boot the offender for x days or months or forever.
I feel that even the worst boneheads that pass through do have some good input from time to time and should not be banned unless they just don't get it.
This forum is great because of the way it's run. You can post just about anything you want in the various forums within reason but people being different may find some things more offensive than others. Take the Earth sucks thread some will find it totaly useless but several find it facinating but if 5 votes find it useless than buh bye and thats not right.