RE: Muffins - or Do we want a rating system???

[NightOwl]

 slowpez

ORIGINAL:  slowpez
 
 They were cute (I wouldn t mind having one added to my signature) but I was a bit intimadated when I first started lurking on the board.  Anything that may have a negative side by discouraging participation is not a good idea to my mind.
 Susan
 

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 Thanks, Susan for giving us the point of view of someone WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH IT AND REMEMBERS WHAT IT IS LIKE  to  look at this board for the fisrt time and see people with hundreds of posts (or more) and then  has to gather up their courage to make that first post--and sometimes either just lurk--or LEAVE!
 
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ORIGINAL:  bikolee
 
 Well I voted, but I ll go ahead and say what I think.
 
 

NO RATING SYSTEM PLEASE![/size]

 
 Bill, if you werent too old for me and we werent already happily married (to other people) I d ask you to run away with me![] (at LEAST to a Lyle Lovett concert LOL)

[farmer]

 moderator1

   
 

Now I know what those little pop-ups were for. Shy Suzie  

CampingGolfers---Shy Suzie
 Ditto  []
 Farmer

[sure2rain]

 wiininkwe
I agree that that the " popup"  icons were neat, unique and appropriate to this board, but I really didn t pay that much attention to the number that people had especially when people had more than 7 or 8. They can be intimidating to some.
 
 Perhaps the " popup"  icon can be available to be added as an emoticon. So people would be able to add them to their messages.
 
 As for the muffins--please rid of us them.

[bikolee]

 NightOwl

Bill, if you werent too old for me and we werent already happily married (to other people) I d ask you to run away with me!  (at LEAST to a Lyle Lovett concert LOL)
 

 Too old?  Well I never.......[8D][]

[NightOwl]

 bikolee

 

ORIGINAL:  bikolee
 
 
 
 Too old?  Well I never.......[8D][]
 

 OH, YES YOU DID!  [:@][]   (AND you never told me if you know anything about " Widespread Panic"  either[: (])
 
 Looks like maybe  the numbers  race will soon be over for good![][][]

[ThunderRock]

 wiininkwe
When I voted, I wasn t voting for the little popups under the names; I was voting for a thread-related rating system like they have on iRV2.  1 star-5 star system. Hmmmmmm......
 
 But I CAN do w/o the little popups; just seems fair to all; " level playing field"  like NightOwl suggested. JMO. []

[goose]

 wiininkwe

 [font=" Times New Roman" ]In the short time I ve been a member, I ve seen no good reason for having the ratings.  As someone above posted, spend a little time here and you pick up quickly on who has the busy fingers!  Big numbers doesn t make a submission any more valuable than another.  If you re dying of curiosity, go look at the poster s profile!  And for those who have fallen in love with seeing the little pop-ups under their name, perhaps they can buy the icon in the PUT store!! [][/font]

[MtnCamper]

 wiininkwe
I agree with goose. The value is in the post. I don t care if you got 5 or 500. Who needs it?

[Gamecock Camper]

 wiininkwe
I kind of liked the pop-ups.  I find it hard to believe that there are very many people who are so shy that it would hinder them from posting.  I don t think that I ever posted to gain another PU icon.  The ribbing was fun and good natured when someone posted a gotcha post to announce that they had gained another PU level.  I enjoyed it, but if it hinders anyone from joining in the fun, then....

[Tentcamp]

 wiininkwe
I d like to exchange my muffins (if that is what those yellow things under my name is) for the little pop-ups.  It dosen t matter to me how many times people post, but as long as we are using the yellow things they might as well be cute.

[NightOwl]

 mike4947

 

ORIGINAL:  mike4947
 
 Well for what it s worth I like it this way.  Just because someone started earlier and likes to gab doesn t mean they re better or more special than a first time poster.
 

 Mike, those of us who are not in favor off the rating system have used many more words expressing our reasons but you have said it best of all and in very few words.  THANKS! []
 
 For those who  loved having the little popup icons----why not give EVERYONE five, all in the same color and let it go at that. ( I dont mind the popups themselves, I just dont like them when they are used to make someone look more  " important"  or experienced than someone else. )
 
 This is a new board, a whole new world,  I d like to see us leave behind some of the less inviting  traditions of the old one just as we have left behind the trolls and troublemakers.[]  We need unification, not competition!
 
 OKay, I have beaten this horse (forgive me, old timers) several times now in this thread so this will be my last comment on the subject, but I am glad--no matter what happens--to see that I am not alone in thinking a ratings system does not build " community"

[LaughingStone]

 moderator1
I voted no rating system. However, I do think it would be fun to have a reward " popup"  icon after a few posts - Muffins dont do a thing for me. Say 25 to 50 posts gets you a  1 and only popup! or - a long, long time before anymore popups!

[bikolee]

 NightOwl
OK folks. Get off your duff and vote! We have 309 registered members, and only 131 have voted. That s only 42%.
 
 Starting to look like all other elections

[Tim5055]

 bikolee

 

ORIGINAL:  bikolee
 
 Starting to look like all other elections
 

 
 No if it was like other elections we would have 400 votes[]

[NightOwl]

 NightOwl
Tim--hee,hee--it took me a minute to catch your meaning.[][][]
 
  (PS--I think Tim means if you dont believe in life ater death, just check the list of VOTERS in some  places[: (] and you ll change your  mind in a hurry!