Posted by Dinah on July 17, 2010, at 21:09:07
In reply to Re: Point system might be coming..., posted by Deneb on July 17, 2010, at 17:42:16
> I guess ideally this points system would make people feel good about their contributions, but maybe Babblers will think in a negative way, negating the positives of this system, in which case, this wouldn't be helpful.
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> Maybe Babblers will have to learn to think more positively before something like this will work.You know, I am not really all that negative about my posts, and I don't like this system.
I don't think the blame belongs to babblers. I don't think someone has to be overly negative to not like having a low rating, or even to feel bad about having a higher rating.
It seems to me that you've just posted recently about feeling bad that other posters might have more interaction with Dr. Bob than you have. Don't you think it's possible that other posters who are more concerned with their peers than with Dr. Bob might feel bad if they aren't as highly regarded, as highly ranked, as their fellows?
If you consider it as a similar experience to what you feel with Dr. Bob, do you still see it as a function of the negativity of posters? Or is it possible to see it as the understandable desire of people to not have their worth quantified and compared with others? On any side of the equation?
I understand that you mean well, and I also understand that what you posted was a paraphrase of what Dr. Bob said.
But I personally would give a completely different description of how Babblers would have to change to like this idea.
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