Scratch

This has been suggested a lot - the fact of the matter is, people get offended when others rate their projects low. Whether it got on the front page or not, it's still not nice when you get a project rated "1."

This has been resolved already with a no - and even with the precautions, it could hurt a lot of user's feelings. Plus, it would be easy to cheat...

Last edited by Jonathanpb (2010-09-15 22:15:34)

I think the Love-it system really isn't bad. Ratings seem a bit unnecessary, and not worth the risk.

Ace-Of-Diamonds wrote:

Love-Its and Ratings are not the same at all, stop comparing them.
(not @ topic poster)

Love-its serve a similar purpose, and are generally accepted as a relative rating system. Suggestions for ratings have in general been related to love-its. It's a perfectly valid comparison.

Come on, seriously?  People's feelings?  THERES MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN TRYING TO KEEP EVERYONE FROM BEING EVEN SLIGHTLY OFFENDED, WHICH ISN'T EVEN POSSIBLE!
The 1-5 star rating system would be much more accurate and useful than the love it system, it maybe wouldn't revolutionize anything, but it would help
-Improve the front page
-Improve the search engine
-If we were going to add a related projects tab, it would help with that.
And if the worry is hurting the feelings of new scratchers, remember it's easy to comment saying you don't like they're project, therefore hurting their feelings.  So it's hypocritical saying you can comment saying you don't like their projects (even respectfully) or flag their project, but giving them a low rating is off-limits for some reason.  And honestly, if someone is making nothing but "I quit" and "Spongebob Poop" projects, and someone gives them 1 star and they actually do quit, is that really a bad thing?  Maybe, but... think about it.