2ndary system of rankings

[adaMada]

What if a second system of rankings was set up: a ranking based upon post quality. Other users would be able to rank your posts on their quality. You would then recieve a second rating based upon the average (or total) of your post ratings. A fairly simple average based system that could be used is: <center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
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<font color="blue"> (The average would be rounded to the nearest whole number)</font>
excelent post = 5 pts
good post = 4 pts
average post = 3 pts
bad post = 2 pts
really bad post = 1 pt

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Using this system, a 3 would be displayed if you recieved the following rankings:

• really bad post (1)
• excelent post (5)
• average post (3)

This list is rather obviously set up, but you can get the drift. A name could also be assigned to each ranking, so, if you had a 3, then you could be rated as an "average user"

A total based system is also workable; one which involves positive and negitive numbers…

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adaMada
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by adaMada (edited March 30, 2000).]</font>

[Caesar the Great]

yeah... but thats not gonna be easy to do...

[ProvostB]

how is an server supposed to rank THOUSANDS of posts a DAY? impossible, and so such a system will never be put in place.

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[MidKnight Lament]

I doubt this is the sort of thing forum administrators would want to promote anyway. The current "ranking" is there more as a guide than to say one user is good and one bad. A system like this would encourage vindictiveness.

adaMada - 2pts. (jk)

- MKL

[Mao]

The rankings here were to merely give this site a "civvy" feel, this is a gaming site after all. And if you're looking for a popularity contest with everyone else ranking every single post, we already have one: Apolytoner of the Month

The server could just base it on how many words are in a post...but that'll just lead to more spam...

[MarkG]

to have a 2ndary system of ranking, you need to have 1st, and we dont
what we have is "cool" way to represent a statistic(the post count)

[Mao]

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
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</font><font size=1>Originally posted by MarkG on 03-31-2000 01:51 AM</font>
to have a 2ndary system of ranking, you need to have 1st, and we dont
what we have is "cool" way to represent a statistic(the post count)
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Sure Mark...sure...

[MarkG]

yeap, that's how it is! and until all people see this our way, we will continue to ban those who don't

[MarkG]

btw, if someone doesn't use my previous post in his signature, I'm going to be very dissapointed...
I think it keeps the tradition of other great quotes of mine used by several apolytoners in their sigs
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by MarkG (edited March 31, 2000).]</font>

[ProvostB]

markos......

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yeap, that's how it is! and until all people see this our way, we will continue to ban those who don't
-MarkG

[adaMada]

Ok! Ok! (Hold hands up in front of face to protect from angry admins.) It wasn't a very good idea…

Sorry for wasting surver space (And much less important time)…



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adaMada

[MarkG]

thank you Provost!
btw, the correct to use this quote is without the " "

[MidKnight Lament]

adaMada - I wouldn't take it personally. You're not the first person to suggest it.

- MKL

[MarkG]

that is indeed a classic one

[ghen]

Yeah, I've got a classic of yours in my sig Markos Only applicable to those who know whistler though lol

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