Ratings Fix.

[The Neon Peon]

Concise description:

• Default Rating

Specifics:

• When you go to leave a rating, all fields start out as blank. Under this suggestion, all stars would start out at 3.

This will improve the following aspects of the site:

• Ratings might actually move toward the direction of 3 stars being average.

[sully800]

Concise description:

• Default Rating

Specifics:

• When you go to leave a rating, all fields start out as blank. Under this suggestion, all stars would start out at 3.

This will improve the following aspects of the site:

• Ratings might actually move toward the direction of 3 stars being average.

I would guess its simple to do but it won't change very much.

[The Neon Peon]

I would guess its simple to do but it won't change very much.

Well, my theory is that people are lazy and will just go along with it, rather than changing all three. Right now, they change all 3 anyways, but if they don't have to, I don't think they will.

[soka]

if it goes to all 3s then its giving a rating to that player...but then everyone gets a medal for doing nothing ?

[blakebowling]

if it goes to all 3s then its giving a rating to that player...but then everyone gets a medal for doing nothing ?

It wouldn't automatically leave a 3, when you started to leave a rating, 3/5 would be selected instead of nothing

[JimRocky]

Well that's probably not a bad idea. I'm not sure it would change things, but it might! I'd say give it a try.

[gimil]

if it goes to all 3s then its giving a rating to that player...but then everyone gets a medal for doing nothing ?

It wouldn't automatically leave a 3, when you started to leave a rating, 3/5 would be selected instead of nothing

My comment is in response to the bolded part above. Doesn't 'when you start to leave a rating' imply you are there with the intent to leave a rating? So it doesn't really matter what the default count is, you wont be lazy over a few clicks to leave a rating.

[gundiesalvo]

if it goes to all 3s then its giving a rating to that player...but then everyone gets a medal for doing nothing ?

It wouldn't automatically leave a 3, when you started to leave a rating, 3/5 would be selected instead of nothing

My comment is in response to the bolded part above. Doesn't 'when you start to leave a rating' imply you are there with the intent to leave a rating? So it doesn't really matter what the default count is, you wont be lazy over a few clicks to leave a rating.

Well, the thing is some people might think that since it starts with no stars that means giving a player 3 stars means they're good players, when they're actually leaving the rating as average. If it starts with 3 stars filled, and that's the line for average, then even a new player that has never left a rank before will be likely to understand 3 stars means average, below means bad and mediocre, and above means good and excellent. Another possibility would be to do just that, instead of stars, put fields in that read "Mediocre, "Bad", "Average", "Good", "Excellent", and then show the average with the stars. Or leave the stars, just space them out a bit and put the previously mentioned tags above each one so the player knows what it means to place the star in a certain place. I've seen new players rate everyone the play with 3 stars and under because they don't really understand the system, so this would clear things out a bit.

[danfrank]

if it goes to all 3s then its giving a rating to that player...but then everyone gets a medal for doing nothing ?

It wouldn't automatically leave a 3, when you started to leave a rating, 3/5 would be selected instead of nothing

My comment is in response to the bolded part above. Doesn't 'when you start to leave a rating' imply you are there with the intent to leave a rating? So it doesn't really matter what the default count is, you wont be lazy over a few clicks to leave a rating.

Well, the thing is some people might think that since it starts with no stars that means giving a player 3 stars means they're good players, when they're actually leaving the rating as average. If it starts with 3 stars filled, and that's the line for average, then even a new player that has never left a rank before will be likely to understand 3 stars means average, below means bad and mediocre, and above means good and excellent. Another possibility would be to do just that, instead of stars, put fields in that read "Mediocre, "Bad", "Average", "Good", "Excellent", and then show the average with the stars. Or leave the stars, just space them out a bit and put the previously mentioned tags above each one so the player knows what it means to place the star in a certain place. I've seen new players rate everyone the play with 3 stars and under because they don't really understand the system, so this would clear things out a bit.

i agree with gundie.. if 3 stars is average or 0 for that matter and 1 star can be viewed as -2 and 2 as a -1 ... then 4 would be +1 and 5 would be +2 ... it only makes sense to start in the middle .. why would default be -2 .. thats the point i believe this thread is trying to make.. And therefore the ratings system would easily be understood.. Its almost if you had a slide bar instead of stars would the slide bar start in the middle or would it start all the way to the left by the lowest point..