Star ratings?
- Thread starter PaulRB
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It means that somebody voted on the 'rate this thread' option at the top of the thread.
There - we just gave you 5 stars to make you feel good.
However if lots of other people give you 1 or 2 stars the overall average will drop and hence your rating will decrease.
There - we just gave you 5 stars to make you feel good.
However if lots of other people give you 1 or 2 stars the overall average will drop and hence your rating will decrease.
westaust55
Moderator
It would seem that where moderators have other tools after the “SUBSCRIPTION” option in Advanced mode, from Allycat’s indication, other forum members have the option to rate the thread.
In the read and simply reply modes, the rating is a three step process so not likely to be accidental rating.
In the Advanced reply option mode the selections at the top of the post including rating are removed and from Allycat’s indication, for normal forum members the thread rating is then a quick tick box.
Or is it a tick box and selection dropdown as per normal view mode which means a two step process and thus less likely accidental to achieve a rating?
In the read and simply reply modes, the rating is a three step process so not likely to be accidental rating.
In the Advanced reply option mode the selections at the top of the post including rating are removed and from Allycat’s indication, for normal forum members the thread rating is then a quick tick box.
Or is it a tick box and selection dropdown as per normal view mode which means a two step process and thus less likely accidental to achieve a rating?
Hi,
I haven't checked under exactly which conditions the rating "tick box" is offered, but when it is, a drop-down option is shown below (initially greyed-out). However, the default is 5 ("Excellent") and doesn't need to be set or changed. Perhaps it should default to "average" (or a nul) to better represent any "accidental" useage.
Cheers, Alan.
I haven't checked under exactly which conditions the rating "tick box" is offered, but when it is, a drop-down option is shown below (initially greyed-out). However, the default is 5 ("Excellent") and doesn't need to be set or changed. Perhaps it should default to "average" (or a nul) to better represent any "accidental" useage.
Cheers, Alan.
Jeremy Harris
Senior Member
Thanks for solving one of the minor forum mysteries! I'd always wondered why some threads attracted little gold stars..................
BeanieBots
Moderator
That'll be because some forum members like to rate their own threads
westaust55
Moderator
What value is there in that?
A search on thread rating alone does not address any particular topic and IMHO is thus somewhat pointless, particularly in view of BB's comment above.
Recall an earlier version of the vBulletin powered forum indicated the rating out of the number of votes but that "feature" has long gone.
Doesn't seem worthwhile since most posts don't get rated at all and some threads get rated 5 stars by their original posters as well.
If you look at posts in the Active PICAXE Forum sorted by reply count or sorted by view count you can see that many of the threads on the first page in both cases (and these threads are the most popular ones) aren't rated at all. It's even worse for User Projects - Miscellaneous where only eight of the top 20 threads (by post count) are rated and all of them have been rated 5 stars.
The Most Popular list of blogs is based on star ratings and the two threads on that list combined have less views than one of my blog entries on its own!
Not 100% sure what you mean by that but if you click Rate This Thread at the top of the page and mouse over the current rating a tooltip will appear showing the number of votes and the average vote.
westaust55
Moderator
Recollection is that an earlier version of vBulletin gave the stats on number of votes by moving the mouse cursor over the stars on the Active Forum pages without needing to open a thread.
Edit: When using an iPhone and Safari one can rate a thread, but seemingly cannot see the current stats showing how many have voted/rated the thread.
Edit: When using an iPhone and Safari one can rate a thread, but seemingly cannot see the current stats showing how many have voted/rated the thread.
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And why / how do some threads get a thumbs up / down icon?
EG http://www.picaxeforum.co.uk/showthread.php?23398-Hello-all-axe133
EG http://www.picaxeforum.co.uk/showthread.php?23398-Hello-all-axe133
When you post a new thread, you get to choose what icon you want for it from the Post Icons section below the area where you write your post. These icons include the thumbs down and thumbs up as well as other icons.