Re: Re: Seeing the current node score

I think you mis-read what I was saying-- I wouldn't let a score alone alter my vote, but seeing that something I considered off-topic or in need of a stern "RTFM" has a higher score might hint that I missed something the first time I read it. Upon re-reading, I may still vote as I originally planned. But if I do change, it's the re-reading that prompted the change. Seeing the score only gave me reason to pause and reconsider, before moving on to the (often numerous) other new nodes still waiting...

--rjray

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Re: Re: Re: Seeing the current node score by cayenne (Scribe) on Mar 03, 2002 at 16:43 UTC
On the contrary, I think that posts that aren't clear enough be obvious that they are not a case of RTFM deserve the very occasional -- they will get. But though I do think that it's a good thing that current score can have no influence on voting, what if you're unsure of the merits of a node and you're curious? I'd suggest an option to abstain whereby you could forfeit your right to vote on a node in order to find out its reputation.	[reply]

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by cayenne (Scribe) on Mar 03, 2002 at 16:43 UTC

On the contrary, I think that posts that aren't clear enough be obvious that they are not a case of RTFM deserve the very occasional -- they will get.

But though I do think that it's a good thing that current score can have no influence on voting, what if you're unsure of the merits of a node and you're curious? I'd suggest an option to abstain whereby you could forfeit your right to vote on a node in order to find out its reputation.

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