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Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
darrenf
resident denizen
Firebird2XC
Well-Known Member
Funny, now that the 'anonymous' side of the house is gone, a bunch of the previously left comments are gone. Were they auto-removed? Or did the people who posted them tuck tail and run? Weak. Weak, weak, weak. (I seriously hope this is the case- if you can't say it, own it, and back it up- don't say it.)
I'd like to thank DarrenF and Dasleben for keepin' it real. Rabble rabble to you too. And I have no idea how or when 13 is coming back. I'm still trying to get Cuddy on board with the whole 'naked medical conference' thing.
I'd like to thank DarrenF and Dasleben for keepin' it real. Rabble rabble to you too. And I have no idea how or when 13 is coming back. I'm still trying to get Cuddy on board with the whole 'naked medical conference' thing.
Bumblebee
Commodore
dasleben
That's just, like, your opinion, man
We've got plenty of perceived anonymity to start with. All we need are 4,000 anonymous ratings of "LOL... derp". But if you think you have the wherewithal to stand in judgement of another user and issue a negative rating, be a man and put your name on it! 
Bumblebee
Commodore
I liked it when they didn't know we knew... that was fun....We've got plenty of perceived anonymity to start with. All we need are 4,000 anonymous ratings of "LOL... derp". But if you think you have the wherewithal to stand in judgement of another user and issue a negative rating, be a man and put your name on it!
Firebird2XC
Well-Known Member
We've got plenty of perceived anonymity to start with. All we need are 4,000 anonymous ratings of "LOL... derp". But if you think you have the wherewithal to stand in judgement of another user and issue a negative rating, be a man and put your name on it!
Okay then... do ratings stay up indefinitely or go bye-bye? I read mine the other day- they've since mysteriously disappeared. What gives?
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Only the latest ratings are displayed. Earlier ones scroll off the bottom.
BeRich
Very Special Agent
Well now I'm confused...One of my posts got two 'neutral' ratings. How is a neutral rating possible? It's not that one was positive and one was negative and they canceled each other out, but they are both 'neutral' :dunno: I don't particularly care that I didn't get points, just wondering how that happens...
darrenf
resident denizen
It was interesting to see who got their knickers in a bunch and who didn't. Oh well, on to the next experiment. Rabble rabble.
Autothrust Blue
Welcome aboard the Washington State Ferries
Digitally enhanced picture of z987k! :laff:
I personally used "herp" more than "derp."Doug T said:
Personally, the system is redundant, IMO. If you want to respond or critique, then do it in the thread and in reply to the affected post.
In regards to the whole "this is a peer review" idea, thats laughable for here at JC. For one, with many of the ratings (the vast majority) based off of Lav posts, one's positive or negative rating(s) isn't at all representative of their aviation background/knowledge/contributions here of any substance.
Just my 2 cents of what I'm seeing with this.
In regards to the whole "this is a peer review" idea, thats laughable for here at JC. For one, with many of the ratings (the vast majority) based off of Lav posts, one's positive or negative rating(s) isn't at all representative of their aviation background/knowledge/contributions here of any substance.
Just my 2 cents of what I'm seeing with this.
Firebird2XC
Well-Known Member
Aha! Thank you.
It was interesting to see who got their knickers in a bunch and who didn't. Oh well, on to the next experiment. Rabble rabble.
Ya know, until this thread I had no idea what the extra green button was for. Took me years to bother figuring out what the little green dot next to the user name was. Once I knew what this new doohickey was- it kinda annoyed me. Not the actual ratings or comments- the way it allowed someone to possibly 'respond' without any accountability. Pure anonymity on a 'Net discussion has never been a good thing for the quality of a discussion. Without at least the accountability of tagging a statement to a user name (and in many cases a real, known, person) the quality of the learning process would be seriously degraded. Ideas are the most powerful thing in the world. Like gun control- if you're going to use one, know when and how and why.
Agreed. It's tantamount to sticking "kick me" signs on people in the hall way. Even if totally ignored or not noticed, it encourages a dynamic that doesn't really belong here.
darrenf
resident denizen
Hopefully the powers that be will feel the same way.
I really spread a lot of "love" around, yet it won't let me give you rep points again at this time.. If the system does stick around, it would be nice to know how long or how many other people need to get "rep" before we can retag a user.
Firebird2XC
Well-Known Member
I seriously hope it doesn't. This sort of passive-aggressive nonsense isn't healthy or productive. Isn't the critiquing an OP gets in a thread already the essence of peer review?
I know there are times when I've gotten seriously sideways with people over an issue I genuinely cared about in a thread, and I lost my sense of composure. After a while, it became more about defending my position for the sake of winning than actually being right. Furthermore, if I actually believed I was right- was there truly a need to argue, or what I just trying to get other people on board? If I'm lobbying for support of the idea, flaming somebody with an opposing viewpoint does absolutely nothing to further that.
The best part of it all wasn't what I learned about the idea from the other person- it was what I learned about myself. My tactics, diction, and style for defending the idea in the debate often told me more about what I *truly* believed about something than I was previously aware of. Often as not it told me a great deal about how I felt about myself at the time.
That's seriously something I consider the very best part about this community- Doug and Company let those sort of things play out as much as possible so we can learn from them. Giving people a way to subvert that absolutely ruins the learning process. And that's not just about ideas but about ourselves, too. If people want to talk smack behind the scenes about me, somebody else, or whatever, they will. There's nothing anybody can do to stop that- it's one of the lamer sides of human nature. Giving it any sort of official credence is a horrible idea, in my opinion.
"The most destructive force in the universe is gossip." - Dave Barry
darrenf
resident denizen
:clap:
And like MikeD said, it's redundant. I hope to see it go away. It was a fun experiment though.