Message ratings
- Thread starter Emrys
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There are certainly some people more likely to receive ratings than others. I'd say "for my part", but that just translates to "in general" anyway, given half the board's ratings are mine
Some are just because I'm always glad to see them post because their posts are far too rare for my taste (Grytpipe, or Sparhawk, or BErt, or Hylian, just to name some by definitely not all). Others may be (very) frequent posters, but have a backlog of ratings I feel I want to give. PatrThom is an example - he could post a LMGTFY link and I'd still rate it "informative". Kags could write "Booh!" and she'd get a "Love it". Slight exaggeration, but there are posts of theirs which I'd rate two or three times, but I can't, so a post that might just fall short of qualifying for a rating from someone else will get the "benefit" of their name and thus an extra rating.Other people's ratings don't affect whether or not I'd rate a post, but they can affect what rating I give - sometimes I'm in doubt between, say, "funny" and "the Thing", or "funny" and "pun", or whatever. If there are already other ratings I tend to give the one the post hasn't received yet.
I use negative ratings fairly rarely in seriousness; usually in jest. If I disagree, I tend to either ignore it, or reply with what and why. Heck, I think I've given Charlie only 5 "disagrees" in all!
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Booh!
I sometimes tack a hug on a post even though I don't "feel" it.
Maybe a little bit, like if I'm on the fence about rating something. I find I'm more likely to chose a rating to a message that's already used than pick a new one.
No and no.
I don't knooooooooow.....! And I wish I did. To some degree, I recognize that the ratings have a generally positive effect on me, and so I try to spread them around liberally with the idea that liking, brofisting, etc a post is akin to a pat on the back, and who doesn't like pats on the back? Everyone here should receive recognition for their contributions.
I suspect that I'm actually more likely to rate a post that hasn't received any rating than one which has - it may seem backwards, but in my mind it's like saying, "That was a great comment, and it's odd no one has recognized that yet. Here, have a cookie." It's not out of pity so much as it is starting the party. When a post already has a number of ratings, I'll only add to it if it really stood out to me.
Is that weird? If I have to ask it must be weird. I bet it's weird.
Better weird than creepy, though.
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And this too. GOTTA COLLECT THEM ALL!
Not really, on all counts.
I do use hugs in a seemingly non-Halforums way. I generally use them in an affectionate or happy way. I'll use them, of course, if something sad is going on with someone, but I like to use them to convey my feelings of squish towards you guys. I use them almost in place of a like sometimes, I like this post so much I want to hug you, that kind of thing.
I am much more likely to keep in trend with ratings though - if everyone has rated a post 'like' I too will probably rate it like instead of deviating to other options. I'm a sheep!
I notice a lot of people use hugs when the post is sad. I'm like Kags, I like using them to express when I'm happy for the person, too. IRL I'd be hopping up and down going "Oh my glob I am so happy for you!!"
I think I rate certain people's posts more than others. Usually it's because I relate to them better than other posters.
I think I rate certain people's posts more than others. Usually it's because I relate to them better than other posters.
GasBandit
Staff member
I was actually rather unsupportive of ratings when they first got going. I was of the opinion that if a post made you feel something enough to click something, that click ought to be on "reply." But I came around, there are stock responses I guess that would just be clutter in the discussion thread, and ratings let you express those responses without having to add spam to the discussion.
As for myself, though, I still don't use them all that often, though more often than I used to. There used to be a small inside joke about how rare a "gasbandit like" was.
As for myself, though, I still don't use them all that often, though more often than I used to. There used to be a small inside joke about how rare a "gasbandit like" was.
Inflation all the way baby! Hyperinflation! YOU get a hug! YOU get a hug! EVERYBODY gets a hug!
...Except you, sorry, you smell.
This is a testable hypothesis. Give me the data and I might get you an answer.
Cajungal
Staff member
I thought what we had was special!
GasBandit
Staff member
You are indeed parsimonious with your ratings, having given out only 608 positive ratings. I myself have given out 1082. Fade is a comparative ratings slut, having given 1209 positive ratings.
However, you have given out 15 "Love it!" hearts, Fade has given out 37, but my stone cold dead heart has only loved 5 posts, apparently.
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GasBandit
Staff member
There's no word for what you are. You are the Zimbabwe Dollar of ratings.........
GasBandit
Staff member
You've given out almost as many ratings as I've made posts. That says something. I'm not sure what, and I'm not sure about whom, but it says something.
Can I see all this in my profile?
GasBandit
Staff member
Yeah, it's all in the left column of your profile page, but you'll have to add up the different ratings yourself for the total.
Baa.
Same. Now that I've seen my ratings, I'm not hugging nearly often enough.
I usually only rate a post if I'm not going to respond. That's just how I roll.
For obvious reasons.
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BErt
This is me too, but it's also why I have a lot more given ratings than received. I still lurk too much to post often, so a lot of things I would be inclined to say would already have been said, so I'll throw a rating down instead. I'm working on posting more though.