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Dec 17, 2015#1

Emrys

Just out of idle curiosity...

Are you more likely to rate a message if you see someone else has rated it?

Are you more likely to rate messages from certain people or messages that have already been rated by certain people?

Dec 17, 2015#2

Bubble181

Emrys said:
Just out of idle curiosity...

Are you more likely to rate a message if you see someone else has rated it?

Are you more likely to rate messages from certain people or messages that have already been rated by certain people?

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!

Dec 17, 2015#3

General Specific

No

Neither

Dec 17, 2015#4

Dave

Depends on how the post makes me feel. I don't even really notice the ones that are on there unless it's like "pun" or "I need this explained".

Dec 17, 2015#5

LittleKagsin

Booh!

Dec 17, 2015#6

Bubble181

See? SEE?! I can't help myself!

Dec 17, 2015#7

drawn_inward

I sometimes tack a hug on a post even though I don't "feel" it.

Dec 17, 2015#8

Covar

Emrys said:
Just out of idle curiosity...

Are you more likely to rate a message if you see someone else has rated 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.

Emrys said:
Are you more likely to rate messages from certain people or messages that have already been rated by certain people?

No and no.

Dec 17, 2015#9

PatrThom

The person making the most has no influence on how likely I am to rate the post.
The only time I can say I have been influenced by existing ratings to rate a post have been those "this post deserves one of every rating" but doesn't have all of them yet.

--Patrick

Dec 17, 2015#10

strawman

Emrys said:
Just out of idle curiosity...

Are you more likely to rate a message if you see someone else has rated it?

Are you more likely to rate messages from certain people or messages that have already been rated by certain people?

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. :unibrow:

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PatrThom said:
The only time I can say I have been influenced by existing ratings to rate a post have been those "this post deserves one of every rating" but doesn't have all of them yet.

And this too. GOTTA COLLECT THEM ALL!

Dec 17, 2015#11

LittleKagsin

Emrys said:
Just out of idle curiosity...

Are you more likely to rate a message if you see someone else has rated it?

Are you more likely to rate messages from certain people or messages that have already been rated by certain people?

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!

Dec 17, 2015#12

WasabiPoptart

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.

Dec 17, 2015#13

GasBandit

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.

Dec 17, 2015#14

Celt Z

Emrys said:
Just out of idle curiosity...

Are you more likely to rate a message if you see someone else has rated it?

Not necessarily.

Emrys said:
Are you more likely to rate messages from certain people or messages that have already been rated by certain people?

I think I agree with Wasabi on this.

Dec 17, 2015#15

fade

I don't click on them too often. Can't bring down the intrinsic value of a fade rating. If I clicked one, you're welcome. Get that thing laminated or bronzed. Just kidding.

Dec 17, 2015#16

Bubble181

fade said:
I don't click on them too often. Can't bring down the intrinsic value of a fade rating. If I clicked one, you're welcome. Get that thing laminated or bronzed. Just kidding.

Inflation all the way baby! Hyperinflation! YOU get a hug! YOU get a hug! EVERYBODY gets a hug!

...Except you, sorry, you smell.

Dec 17, 2015#17

MindDetective

Emrys said:
Just out of idle curiosity...

Are you more likely to rate a message if you see someone else has rated it?

Are you more likely to rate messages from certain people or messages that have already been rated by certain people?

This is a testable hypothesis. Give me the data and I might get you an answer.

Dec 17, 2015#18

drifter

I'd actually be rather interested in the results if that were to happen.

Also, my ratings are worth, like, twice as much as fade's.

Dec 17, 2015#19

Cajungal

drawn_inward said:
I sometimes tack a hug on a post even though I don't "feel" it.

I thought what we had was special!

Dec 17, 2015#20

GasBandit

drifter said:
I'd actually be rather interested in the results if that were to happen.

Also, my ratings are worth, like, twice as much as fade's.

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.

Dec 17, 2015#21

Bubble181

GasBandit said:
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.

....

....

Dec 17, 2015#22

GasBandit

Bubble181 said:
........

There's no word for what you are. You are the Zimbabwe Dollar of ratings.

Dec 17, 2015#23

Bubble181

Hey, it's only thirty thousand. Not thirty million.

....Yet.

Dec 17, 2015#24

GasBandit

Bubble181 said:
Hey, it's only thirty thousand. Not thirty million.

....Yet.

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.

Dec 17, 2015#25

Squidleybits

Can I see all this in my profile?

Dec 17, 2015#26

PatrThom

Squidleybits said:
Can I see all this in my profile?

Well, we can.

--Patrick

Dec 17, 2015#27

GasBandit

Squidleybits said:
Can I see all this in my profile?

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.

Dec 17, 2015#28

Bubble181

Hmmm. For some reason, there are list for most positive ratings received and most negative ratings received, but not for most given. Tsk.

Dec 17, 2015#29

blotsfan

I've always wondered if the first rating effects subsequent ones. Like, if the first rating does a "Like" does that to a post, will more be "likes" whereas if they started with a brofist will those follow instead?

Dec 17, 2015#30

Gruebeard

blotsfan said:
I've always wondered if the first rating effects subsequent ones. Like, if the first rating does a "Like" does that to a post, will more be "likes" whereas if they started with a brofist will those follow instead?

Baa.

Dec 17, 2015#31

Gruebeard

Sigh.

Because of this thread I've started handing out hugs all willy-nilly.

Dec 17, 2015#32

Squidleybits

Same. Now that I've seen my ratings, I'm not hugging nearly often enough.

Dec 18, 2015#33

Gruebeard

Speaking of ratings, why isn't "pun" a positive rating?

Dec 18, 2015#34

Frank

I usually only rate a post if I'm not going to respond. That's just how I roll.

Gruebeard said:
Speaking of ratings, why isn't "pun" a positive rating?

For obvious reasons.

Dec 18, 2015#35

BErt

Frank said:
I usually only rate a post if I'm not going to respond. That's just how I roll.

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.

Dec 19, 2015#36

sixpackshaker

The only time previous likes, etc. affects my recommendations is if I am scanning a thread, and seeing multiple rankings makes me slow down and read the post.

Dec 19, 2015#37

PatrThom

Thank you to @Denbrought for gifting me my final missing rating.

--Patrick

Dec 19, 2015#38

Denbrought

PatrThom said:
Thank you to @Denbrought for gifting me my final missing rating.

--Patrick

It was bothersome.

Dec 19, 2015#39

Gruebeard

PatrThom said:
Thank you to @Denbrought for gifting me my final missing rating.

--Patrick

But that post only has one rating.

Dec 19, 2015#40

Jay

I like a very specific type of rating.

Dec 21, 2015#41

Jax

Jay said:
I like a very specific type of rating.

Emrys said:
Just out of idle curiosity...

Are you more likely to rate a message if you see someone else has rated it?

Are you more likely to rate messages from certain people or messages that have already been rated by certain people?

Sometimes

No

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