A question about this board....................

[the other bob wilson]

How does it get decided which threads are given stars and who decides how many of them should be awarded? I had assumed that the stars were some sort of indicator as to the thread's quality. but then I read some of the five star ones full of contributions from our friend from Leeds (or Merthyr), the WUM Tandy and the very angry man from Chepstow and realise that this cannot the case.

[Llanedeyrnblue]

I replied to this thread earlier and now it's disappeared?????

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Rate the thread as you see it no likey no stars

[TH63]

Number of views/replies?

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Number of views/replies?

No it's how you rate it

[Llanedeyrnblue]

And you only get one go

[Cyclops]

Rate the thread as you see it

By clicking 'Rate this thread' (listed just above the first post on your right) and selecting your preference.

As more vote, an average is taken and shown by the number of stars.

It is of course totally meaningless and can be abused.

[Llanedeyrnblue]

By clicking 'Rate this thread' (listed just above the first post on your right) and selecting your preference.

As more vote, an average is taken and shown by the number of stars.

It is of course totally meaningless and can be abused.

You only get one vote though so unless you've got multiple accounts on here you can't abuse it

[Cyclops]

You only get one vote though so unless you've got multiple accounts on here you can't abuse it

That is exactly what I meant
But is the game worth the candle?

[Mrs Steve R]

You only get one vote though so unless you've got multiple accounts on here you can't abuse it

Biting my tongue...

Yes it is 7.38

[Cyclops]

Biting my tongue...
Yes it is 7.38

And then she rolled over and revisited the Land of Nod.....

[the other bob wilson]

By clicking 'Rate this thread' (listed just above the first post on your right) and selecting your preference.

As more vote, an average is taken and shown by the number of stars.

It is of course totally meaningless and can be abused.

Ah, I see - just given this thread one star .

[Cyclops]

Ah, I see - just given this thread one star .

You may have misunderstood the star rating system

[Teddy Bear]

It Appears to only be used by people that like to chat rubbish. So completely irrelevant to the quality of the thread.

[xsnaggle]

And of course a good thread can be derailed and taken over for their usual arguments from entrenched positions by the usual suspects, and as ordinary non-schizoid posters only have one vote they cannot vote again in an attempt to reduce the number of stars showing.