[vnt2]

hi Vandelay,

I got a question that there are two type of rating:
- Average message rate
- Average message rate given

Why they are different and who would give those rates and levels?

Thank you

PS: I used to have all rate, 5 bars, suddenly dropped to three.
so was from Counsellor then had dropped back to Advisor then now back to Counsellor.

[michaels]

Message rate is the ratings you have been given by other users, message rate given it the average rating you have given to other users.

[korngear]

Hey mike, any good news for over 5000 post user(s)?

[michaels]

Yes, keep going and it'll soon be 6000...

[psychomania]

[korngear]

---

23-Jan-2008 02:35 AM
michaels wrote:
Yes, keep going and it'll soon be 6000...

---

Yeah. it's sad to see they are run out of idea to give a new rank when a user crosses 5000 posts.
Mike or psyko, do you ever feel hwo is it like when a user just posts and posts with the same ranks?

[psychomania]

It would be nice to have a higher rank to aim for.

[cjlim]

It feels good! Na na na na na na na!


Imagine all the thanks and appreciation you get from the people you have given assistance to.

[psychomania]

I have a story about that but it cannot be posted!

[cjlim]

Then PM it please!!!!!

[psychomania]

PM'd as requested.

A new rank at 4000 posts should be added, and a different colour for our names at this rank. I'm bored of dark blue.

[korngear]

---

23-Jan-2008 09:35 PM
psychomania wrote:
PM'd as requested.

A new rank at 4000 posts should be added, and a different colour for our names at this rank. I'm bored of dark blue.

---

Nope. it will be 500 after 1500.

[babdi]

As said earlier part of this post. The highest rank should be Maharishi. Maha = greatest, Rishi = enlightened. Quality posts should be reckoned more than the total posts. Many just Ramble for the sake of it without an quality input and keep notching up the post numbers.

[psychomania]

I'll settle for my quality and quantity approach. I stay out of topics that I know nothing about.

A system based purely on ratings would not work for these two reasons:

People using another username(s) to rate their own posts up (you know who you are).

Ratings attacks which some of us have been victim to in the past, including myself.

We do need another higher rank as it's getting tiresome being a guru

[babdi]

Psychomania
I agree with your views and yes quality and informative postings should be given weightage rather than number of posts.

[psychomania]

Babdi, looks like you had a good night last night, all of your posts were rated up, even the incorrect(ish) one!

Well done!

Message Edited by psychomania on 28-Feb-2008 09:30 AM

[babdi]

Psychomania
What are you suggesting that I use multiple Ids ?. If that would have been the case I would have a been a mobile guru ages ago

[psychomania]

I was just congratulating you on a productive night.

You can't be a guru until you hit 1500 posts with a 3.5 or higher rating. Visionary is 750 posts with 3.5 rating.

[babdi]

Psychomania
I really dont care too much about these ratings; I could have, as suggested by you, used multiple Ids and got undeserving adulation. Therefore I suggest quality inputs, which add to knowledge base should be considered. This post frankly does add not value to knowledge base and should be dereconed while ranking.

[psychomania]

I never accused you of using multiple ID's, I said some people out there are.

No need for the over-reaction, you are making yourself look guilty!