Posted by violette on August 9, 2010, at 17:46:38
In reply to Re: still feels like circus animal training - II, posted by BayLeaf on August 9, 2010, at 8:41:58
I'm laughing about the circus images in my head :)
Bob-it's really the synergy between the 2 posters-what would 'measuring' one side of the equation prove after all?
Poster A finds Poster X's comment UNhelpful because poster X didn't tell him 'what he wanted to hear'. -1 point
Poster B finds Poster X's comment UNhelpful because Poster X told him 'what he wanted to hear' rather than new ideas. -1 point
Poster C finds Poster X's comment helpful because it provided Poster C with new information he had not previously considered. +1 point
Poster D finds Poster X's comment helpful because Poster D wants sympathy and that's what Poster X provided. +1 point
Poster X's rating = 0
Poster X will be rated both unhelpful and helpful for the same type of responses. And if the other variables-the other poster's opinions-contribute to the sum of Poster X's rating, it would be a result of the same effect.
Even if there are no negative points involved, it might have the same effect in reality: no conclusion as to what is helpful and what is not.
I guess I don't see the point or the reasoning behind this.
poster:violette
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