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Zelda123 wrote:

The problem with this is that new users would become discouraged if they get 1 stars on their projects and Scratch is supposed to be a "happy" place.

On the other hand: If someone gets a low rating and quits because they have no perseverance- then that person is not fit to program. But if they keep going even though they are receiving 1 stars, they get better and better because they persevere- which is one of the qualities a programmer needs to have. Stars give flexibility and the ability to rate projects better.

great explanation

DotsandStripes wrote:

Well, there should be a feature to disable or enable ratings though.

QTF! 

joeisawesome wrote:

DotsandStripes wrote:

Well, there should be a feature to disable or enable ratings though.

QTF! 

You mean QFT. Quoted For Truth, not Quoted Truth For.

bobby500 wrote:

I agree with zeld. I personally think that it would help me if people could rate the my games as it would give me some quality input instead of just a love it senario.

Yes, I agree this would be a good idea. Maybe when you upload, there would be a check box saying "Allow ratings". And you could change it at any time.

Bobby500 wrote:

I agree with zeld. I personally think that it would help me if people could rate the my games as it would give me some quality input instead of just a love it senario.

You could ask your viewers to rate your games in your project notes if you want people to rate your games.

cool good idea

bigB wrote:

i dont think many people on scratch would give a project a low star rating, i think most people would not be as harsh but may just not give a rating at all so as not to offend.  I do however think that a rating feature is not needed and could lead to other issues.  the love it system is great as it offers positive responses but no negatives.

this is actually a problem, not having any ratings might give someone the impresion no one is looking at there projects however, a low rating for a person who is prepered to keep trying means he/she needs to update it to make it better which would be the whole point of the rating system to start off with!

Last edited by yambanshee (2008-08-16 13:21:23)

if the project ratings isn't a good idea then the comment ratings must be(my opinion).

Bluestribute wrote:

Actually, they are updating the site currently to a new version of PHP I think

Where didja here that?

Ratings=GREAT idea 

We have had requests for a rating system in the past.

A rating system for Scratch projects is something that might be very difficult to get quite right for a few reasons.  It is hard to get everyone to think about projects in the same way and on the same scale.  An advanced user might be more critical of projects than a newer user - which might lead to someone getting their feelings hurt. 

In some places where ratings are used (television shows, the stock market, etc) there is a very specific rubric that is used to calculate a "score."  This is much harder to do with people making different types of projects, for different purposes, and at different levels.

Also, we want to avoid having people create projects only for the purpose of receiving a high score...if they stop receiving high scores, will they be inclined to stop creating projects?

One way we encourage everyone to give feedback is by using the comment feature.  That way, rather than getting just a score, you can get feedback, advice on changes to make, questions that might highlight or inspire you to change something, etc.  Through comments, we hope to offer everyone who share's their project the opportunity to receive constructive feedback to help them become better Scratchers.