New Rating System! (Page 1/25)
Cliff Pennock SEP 13, 01:19 PM
I've been coding my butt off today to implement some kind of rating system. As you can see in all the new threads I have succeeded in doing so (I hope).

The idea behind it is this: You rate a user either positive, negative or neutral. If people have rated a user mostly positive, you'll see a green bar; if they are mostly negative, you'll see a red bar. You can always change your rating at a later date. Simply rate the user again.

When your rating is mostly negative, you are obviously in the danger zone. When your rating drops below a certain point and a minimum amount of users have rated you, the system will automatically ban you.

Right now, the system is in test mode which means that you are not automatically banned if your rating drops. However, when I activate that part of the system, the ratings will not be reset. So you better start behaving!

Rodrv6 SEP 13, 01:34 PM
Now, this could be interesting

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Rod Schneider, Woodstock, Ga.
White 88 GT :)

Lady Pegasus SEP 13, 01:59 PM
Good idea Cliff....how many times can you rate yourself? Haha...kidding...really...no, seriously....crap.

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JUST BRING IT!

KlingonFiero SEP 13, 02:02 PM
Very Cool!
One question - I assume you have to be "logged-in" to rate someone? Can the same person rate someone else over and over again? thereby giving a false rating?
Sorry, I guess that was three questions

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1984 SE - 30800 out of 136840. Being modified!

Dave Gunsul SEP 13, 02:02 PM
I know i'll probably get flamed for this but i think this is a very bad idea. People can change IP addys and get there friends to unjustly vote badly for you. Just my opinion but i wish you'd rethink this.

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Dave Gunsul
Activities Director
Northern IL. Fiero Enthusiasts.
86 GT mod.
85 SE V6 daily driver

1FST2M6 SEP 13, 02:04 PM
Rod i'm sure will be the first one banned...

intreaging idea Cliff.

avengador1 SEP 13, 02:05 PM
I was wondering, how many times are you allowed to vote on one person, will this have a cumulative effect? Will you be able to see a list of who is voting what on each person? Can you include a neutral vote count also? I think this system will put the fear of God into some people.
LoW_KeY SEP 13, 02:10 PM
I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-I-N-G.... *raises an eyebrow*

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-KC


1988 Formula, 3.4 modded 5spd, 75 NX (Nitrous)

Cliff Pennock SEP 13, 02:15 PM
You can rate as many times on someone as you like. However, they will all be counted as one rating. In other words, if you rate someone again, your old rating will be deleted and replaced with the new rating. So hey, if you feel the need to rate someone a thousand times, by all means do so. You are just wasting your own time because only your last rating counts.

Also, the rating is not connected to ip-address. So you can change your ip-address many time as you want - it won't make a difference.

On top of that, you need to be a registered member to rate someone else. So asking your friends to rate for you on this forum... well, that would work if you get your friends crazy enough to register here (and post a minimum number of messages and be a member for a minimum amount of time so you are actually eligible to vote).

Now honestly, I don't care if people think this is a bad idea. This way, the forum will clean itself up. If you've always been helpfull and never got in any flame wars, you have nothing to worry about. On the other hand, some others should start worrying and clean up their act (you know who you are).

Cliff Pennock SEP 13, 02:22 PM
Oops, forgot to answer a few things:

If you rate a member neutral, you are effectively removing your old rating.

And no, you can not see who rated you but I can. So if you suspect there is something fishy with your rating, I can see exactly if there is or not.