I've proposed some sort of variation of this before. As I see it, the membership should only have the "Like" selection available.
I would put the "Dislike" choice into the hands of the various admins, where the dislike is based on the forum guidelines.
Also, it would be nice to have the "Like" tallies on the topic index page. Then you can more easily find those supposedly superior messages.
Adminnemooseus
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Member ratings - Values for "Likes" and "Dislikes" would each be a raw number and an average for the last 90 days/500 messages. Eg. - A member having posted 100 messages and having received 30 "Like" votes would have a like rating of 30/.300 or 30%.
It would also be nice to be able to find a given member's rated messages. Say, a link that would bring up a member message list of the most recent 30 rated messages. At this time, I (Adminnemooseus) have a +20 rating - I have no idea what that rating is based on.
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : See above.
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