Multiple Rating

Question

Hello, I don't know if it's supposed to be like that, but you can rate a comment/user many time. It can be abused..

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Did you mean Thumbs Up ? This is not being considered for the valuation at this point but it will be. When we use it, members can only use it once :)

Suthish Nair · Answer

Yes accepted about profile checking, its difficult. Also, we can have a length check for usernames. Once i tried to create a codeproject login, but they sent a mail stating your username is not valid as per rule. Then i change to correct name, then only got approved.

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Fixed. http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Forums/Thread/110301/forum-fixes-today.aspx

Mahesh Chand · Answer

For now, we can disable the Thumbs down option. But let this not discourage anybody. We are also going to add a message in the notifications asking user to mark posts if it has helped them. As per proper name goes, you can't really tell what is proper name. Anybody can have any name like "abcde". There is no way to check it. If those people are serious to get some help, they will eventually change the name.

Suthish Nair · Answer

I dont' understand why admins not taking care of basic things like these instead of recreating all the websites. There is no check or validations for member names. Ratings not working, then why not removing it. etc.. I have seened lots of discussions about these since i joined last year. Still everything the same. I know we are all working people, but some basic things can be taken care of.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

There are no easy answers. Forums try to use easy solutions but for things like this easy solutions don't work. Mahesh sometimes helps and when he sees a member using a name that is inappropriate for some reason then he asks the member to change the name and he does other things like that but he is busy and does not have the time to do things like that all the time. There are not other moderators so other members need to volunteer to do things such as telling members to accept answers, to not post duplicate questions and other things. So then some members don't like it. Some members post vague questions and when they don't get the answer they want, they create a new thread instead of clarifying a previous one. Those are the members that are especially likely to protest if they are asked to not do that. One thing that would help is to have rules that are clearly stated and a way to easily refer to them. For example, instead of saying "please don't use an inappropriate name" we can say "see rule number n" but it would help to be able to link to the rule or something so the member won't say "I don't know where the rules are". It would also help to make it clear that it is appropriate for members to do things like that. It should be officially defined. Also, if there is a rating system, it needs to be done carefully because otherwise it could cause some good people to leave.

Suthish Nair · Answer

This is an insult to those members who getting Thumps down without any proper reasons. If am wrong say it. In one of the thread, i asked the member to update correct profile name. But, i got a Thumps Down.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Also, Jean, note that I created a similar thread about a month ago about the thumbs up/down feature. In my thread I noted that it is currently not possible to undo what we did. So for example when I accidently gave a post a thumbs down, I could not undo that.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Will there be a way to ensure that a Thumbs Down is intended for just that post? Otherwise when people know that it has a direct affect on someone, there will be a few members giving a thumbs down many times based on their opinion of others. Suthish for example is getting many posts with thumbs down for no valid reason.

Jean Simon Ratte · Answer

Yes, I meant Thumbs Up, thanks for the answer!