comes up and is an ass but posts good content, I expect people to score it
on the content. If he's an ass for the sake of being an ass (there are
those), then the score will reflect it. I don't expect every post from a
person to be listed the same way.
If it does get petty, I'll step in.
Basically the system is down to this:
1. scoring from 1-5 based on the technical merit of a post (different
criteria for CF-Community)
2. list of key words added by posters for threads. If a post is on XML, then
someone can add a keyword to it of XML. If it covers RSS as well but the
first reporter didn't mention that, then RSS can be added as a key word.
End result is more information and an easier way for people to get that
information.
> Erm. I think scoring is a bad idea. What happens when someone doesn't
score
> well? How are they going to perceive their worth to the community? How
> likely is the score going to be a completely impartial reflection of merit
> and how often will it devolve into favoritism? I seem to recall some
> personal attacks in Talk. Will this become an official mechanism for doing
> that?
>
> I can see why they might seem like a good idea, providing the ability to
> separate the wheat from the chaff for someone scanning the archives. But I
> don't see that as outweighing the abuse that I see at other places like
> slashdot where there are constant personal battles and lots of personal
> attacks. The scoring system seems to encourage more pettiness.
>
> Personally, if some posts are good enough to merit being a definitive
> answer, then maybe there should be a different archive for technical
> solutions. Something where there are hand picked posts that cover what
needs
> to be known about a particular issue. And they are presented maybe in a
FAQ
> or some format. A good example of this is the MacFixit site. They run an
> open forum, but they also have articles and reports that the editors cull
> the forums to put together.
>
> -Kevin
>
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