X-Message-Number: 30294 References: <> From: Kennita Watson <> Subject: Re: The Cryonet Rating System Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:12:38 -0800 hrhirsch wrote: > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:54:01 -0500 > From: hrhirsch <> > Subject: The Cryonet Rating System > > If the articles in our daily newspapers - even the good ones like the > NY Times and the Washington Post - were rated like our Cryonet > postings, the papers would be two pages in length on average. I scan > through the newspaper reading the headlines and bylines and decide > for myself which articles to pursue further. It would not help me to > have the articles rated by others and to have items written by > authors of low reputation placed in a separate journal. Maybe I am > the only one who feels this way. Please respond. I'm with you. I *hate* the rating system, but I held my nose and used it to rate Dave Pizer's recent messages Excellent so he could post again. Censorship sucks. *grump* Live long and prosper, Kennita -- Register Republican NOW so you can vote for Ron Paul in the primary (http://www.fec.gov/votregis/vr.shtml) then switch back. Also, go to RonPaulBlimp.com -- you could win a ride! Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=30294