A welcome deletion: The star rating feature seems to be gone.
-
It seems that the 1-5 star torrent rating feature has been eliminated in the redesign. I think this is a welcome improvement. While it was well-intentioned and could have been useful, it soon got hijacked by some person/people who would arbitrarily put a one-star rating on torrents that they most likely did not download. This seemed disrespectful to the work of the uploader--and we all depend on the good will of those uploaders, even if we don't fancy a specific torrent that they have offered.
The "thank" and "gift bonus" features remain, and this is a good place to express appreciation. If a downloader doesn't like a torrent, one can always skip over it. If there is something profoundly wrong with a torrent (such as a serious rules violation), there are still mechanisms for reporting it.
Thank you @joker et al for making this improvement.
-
@eobox91103 The rating facility is actually still there.
The difference is that you can now only rate torrents you've actually downloaded.
This has, as you rightly point out stopped members giving a one star rating to a torrent for some twisted personal reason, rather than being a considered evaluation of that torrent - whether content or structure.
The effect of this in practice seems to have been a dramatic drop in the number of torrents that actually are rated, but previously ratings had become meaningless, primarily due to the actions of a few selfish individuals.
-
Restricting ratings to those who have actually downloaded is a fantastic feature upgrade... thanks to the ones who upgraded this for us
-
@worf i never understood what this rating is even supposed to mean, i still think it should be gone for good, let people express their feedback through comments instead.
what does 1 star mean? the content is trash? the person is ugly? bad quality? nobody will ever know other than the person who gave that rating, so what practical use could it possibly have for other members to decide whether or not to download?
imagine this, when leaving your comment you can pick from 1 to 5 stars and have that included in your comment instead, or if you just want to comment without rating just don't pick any. wouldn't that be a lot better?
still on this, i wouldn't prevent people who downloaded part of the torrent from rating, it is quite frustrating to be honest. i'd just assume a different weight for the rating based on how much you have downloaded, so people who didn't download anything can still vote but it doesn't affect the final score.
Once again I'd like to remind everyone that it's not mandatory that you speak.
-
Lots of interesting points...
Maybe that should be in the next upgrade... to explain the rating given... but I guess that's prolly not enforceable? -
@ianfontinell Yeah, without knowing WHAT is being rated, it is somewhat meaningless. Is it actually exceptionally poor content, or is it 2000 very small files thrown into a single directory, with names like "12345678-source.ts" which is fairly meaningless.
There's also the tendency, in my experience at least, for people to become blind to the numbers 2, 3, and 4. They either hate it (1) or love it (5).
The idea of doing away with it entirely and replacing it with being able to add a rating to a comment is a great one. This gives you the opportunity to say WHY you're rating it so. Perhaps even replace numbering with a simple thumbs up or thumbs down?
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login