| Rate answers [message #317452] |
Thu, 01 May 2008 07:45  |
rlockard
Messages: 19
Registered: April 2008
Location: Baltimore, MD
|
Junior Member |
|
|
How about adding the option to rate answers from users. I stopped posting on forums about 10 years ago when I got tired of sorting through self declared experts who don't have the ability to say anything intelligent.
By rating answers your self declared experts may stop posting nothing but noise. As of now, someone tell me how I can remove myself from this forum.
-Rob
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Rate answers [message #317551 is a reply to message #317535] |
Thu, 01 May 2008 20:50  |
rlockard
Messages: 19
Registered: April 2008
Location: Baltimore, MD
|
Junior Member |
|
|
David,
Actually the "noise" I am speaking of is the quality of answers that are being given. Now, I don't know how someone gets a "senior user" rating here, but I am willing to guess it is more with the number of post, not the quality of their posts.
I now have two "senior members" that I have marked to ignore because of the lack of quality/intelligence of their posts. Anyone with an internet connection and lots of free time (ie no responsibilities) can get on here and just start posting replies and not offer anything intelligent.
So, by rating responses say -10 - +10 on quality of the post, the self proclaimed experts may start thinking about a solution / assistance. Not posting sarcastic remarks for the sole purpose of keeping their posts counts up.
-Rob
|
|
|
|
| Re: Rate answers [message #317555 is a reply to message #317551] |
Thu, 01 May 2008 22:24 |
rleishman
Messages: 3728
Registered: October 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia
|
Senior Member |
|
|
|
You can already rate the topic (bottom left of thread when you open it up), but not individual responses. I guess that doesn't help you though...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Rate answers [message #317603 is a reply to message #317592] |
Fri, 02 May 2008 03:00 |
Frank
Messages: 7901
Registered: March 2000
|
Senior Member |
|
|
| Michel Cadot wrote on Fri, 02 May 2008 09:13 | @rlockard (who will not see my answer).
I rate -10 for you post, and I will do it whatever you post as I don't like you.
Of course, I will not, but this is the behaviour many will have.
Regards
Michel
|
I think that's a very paranoid way of thinking. Rob does have a point here in my opinion. Seems to me that there are too many people here that are posting for the sake of the posting or for their own glory, instead of trying to help out people (helping them, either by hinting at or giving a solution, or pointing them to the guidelines in a friendly way).
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Rate answers [message #317679 is a reply to message #317603] |
Fri, 02 May 2008 08:12 |
rlockard
Messages: 19
Registered: April 2008
Location: Baltimore, MD
|
Junior Member |
|
|
| Frank wrote on Fri, 02 May 2008 04:00 | | Michel Cadot wrote on Fri, 02 May 2008 09:13 | @rlockard (who will not see my answer).
I rate -10 for you post, and I will do it whatever you post as I don't like you.
Of course, I will not, but this is the behavior many will have.
Regards
Michel
|
I think that's a very paranoid way of thinking. Rob does have a point here in my opinion. Seems to me that there are too many people here that are posting for the sake of the posting or for their own glory, instead of trying to help out people (helping them, either by hinting at or giving a solution, or pointing them to the guidelines in a friendly way).
|
If there is a quality metric it would make it easy to set who to ignore. Before I set Michel and Anne to ignore, I spent about 30 minutes browsing their posts. I came to the conclusion that they don't have any respect for others on this board. I am too busy to deal with people like that.
The down side of ignoring is you may post an insightful answer that I could use. If people realize they are going to be down rated for the lack of quality, then just perhaps these people will start thinking about what they say. That would improve the overall quality of what people have to say here. Then I would have a reason to stick around.
BTW: Frank, I put your answer on "master detail with connect by" into our Oracle FAQ database so my developers can use it when needed.
-Rob
[Updated on: Fri, 02 May 2008 10:28] Report message to a moderator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Rate answers [message #317709 is a reply to message #317706] |
Fri, 02 May 2008 12:42 |
rlockard
Messages: 19
Registered: April 2008
Location: Baltimore, MD
|
Junior Member |
|
|
I believe Mr. Cadot protest too much. Could it be Mr. Cadot really does not want to have the his postings rated? And for some reason, Mr. Cadot seems to not like being ignored.
Freedom of speech also comes with taking responsibility for what you say. I wont take away Mr. Cadot's right to say what he wants. However in a free market world I reserve the right to not listen to his drivel and I will exercise my freedom of speech to say I believe it is drivel.
Ana does not care about my opinion, that goes both ways.
I need to get back to work, this has become a too much of a distraction.
Don't Feed the Trolls.
-Rob
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Re: Rate answers [message #317861 is a reply to message #317714] |
Sun, 04 May 2008 07:15 |
rleishman
Messages: 3728
Registered: October 2005
Location: Melbourne, Australia
|
Senior Member |
|
|
Reading a book at the moment where the lead character paraphrases Marcus Tullius Cicero as follows:
| Iain Pears - An Instance of the Fingerpost (1997) | ...a gentleman should issue such a reproof with regret, not with a pleasure which demeans the speaker more than it corrects the offender.
|
Without wanting to put words into anyone's mouth, I believe this what Frank and @rocklard are trying to say. If so, hear hear.
|
|
|
|
| Re: Rate answers [message #317872 is a reply to message #317861] |
Sun, 04 May 2008 09:25 |
 |
Michel Cadot
Messages: 68732
Registered: March 2007
Location: Saint-Maur, France, https...
|
Senior Member
Account Moderator |
|
|
I don't know if I fully understand this sentence but I already said and repeated that I take no pleasure to repeat the same thing, it is the opposite, it bothers me and I would prefer to answer to question but I take this task as a duty to do for the rules to be followed.
And I'm not trying to correct the poster just to remind him the rules... but in such a way that he realizes some of the consequences.
As I already said and repeated, if no one remind the rules to the offender and accept to answer as if the rules were fulfilled then what is the purpose of the rules?
If there are no consequences to not stop at red traffic light and everyone can pass by, why are there red lights (apart from being dangerous for those that respect them)?
Regards
Michel
|
|
|
|
] 
Blog
Search
Help
Members
Register
Login
Home
).
