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fonz
July 25th, 2011, 16:34
It just occurred to me that I only see thread rating being used occasionally when a newbie rates his own (often not-so-good) question with five stars. How about simply disabling thread rating altogether? It's rarely used on this site and only causes clutter imho.

Fonz
wblock@
July 25th, 2011, 18:02
I don't even get a tab for thread rating.
Oxyd
July 25th, 2011, 18:12
What? There's thread rating? How come I don't see any rating for any thread?
fonz
July 25th, 2011, 18:22
What? There's thread rating? How come I don't see any rating for any thread?
Probably because it's rarely used, but there's a rated thread now in the Firewalls forum.

@wblock: Now that you mention it, neither do I. I can rate an already-rated thread but I can't "start" a rating (nor do I wish to).

Fonz
Oxyd
July 25th, 2011, 18:27
Probably because it's rarely used, but there's a rated thread now in the Firewalls forum.

Aha. Since it's so rarely used, I don't see the problem with it "cluttering" the forum. However, I don't see a reason to have it either -- especially since it's used so little.
fonz
July 25th, 2011, 18:37
However, I don't see a reason to have it either -- especially since it's used so little.
Which also implies another problem: thread rating only works if "everybody" does it. Because none of the regulars here use it, any rating instantly becomes pretty much meaningless.

Fonz
wblock@
July 25th, 2011, 18:43
Probably because it's rarely used, but there's a rated thread now in the Firewalls forum.

@wblock: Now that you mention it, neither do I. I can rate an already-rated thread but I can't "start" a rating (nor do I wish to).

But how was it enabled on that thread?
fonz
July 25th, 2011, 18:45
But how was it enabled on that thread?
Beats me. Maybe one of the mods knows more about it?

Fonz
DutchDaemon
July 26th, 2011, 02:22
No idea. I can't seem to do it, find it, edit it, or influence it.
DutchDaemon
July 26th, 2011, 02:30
On closer inspection, every thread in Firewalls has the 'rating bit' turned on for some reason. I'll ask an admin to switch that off, seeing it is of no use.
fonz
July 26th, 2011, 02:55
every thread in Firewalls has the 'rating bit' turned on for some reason.
A quick check reveals that GNOME and Web & Network Services are affected as well.

Fonz
DutchDaemon
September 11th, 2011, 01:52
Someone found the knob, and it's now gone.