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Why The Mark up and Mark Down should be processed.
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Post by
jefflovealex
It happens to us all. We asked a Question. Or made a valid post. And then somebody marks us down.
I think that the systems for marking up and down should be altered because good people with valid points are marked down.
I don't Intend for this to be a QQ post or any of the crap, i just want to know other peoples experiences.
Post by
167914
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Wildhorn
Comments are not for questions. Forums are for that.
Post by
jefflovealex
I would propose There was a processing style system. Because people just downrate things they dislike. Like the classic "This weapon is good for <classes> and then a valid opinion". Then being marked down for not mentioning hunters.
I Must say there should be something that stops people being able to spam mark downs just because they cannot share a point of view.
Post by
ArgentSun
This doesn't happen. I am fairly sure you have no way to monitor all of the comments and come up with a conclusion how the weapon comments are being ranked.
The truth is, comments exist to display what is popular. If people downrank a "This weapon is good for <class>" kind of comments, then they must not care about that. Or they see that the weapon has Strength and Expertise on it, and figure that it's not a hunter weapon. And so on.
Sorry, but the comment system is one of the things that work really well. Users get what users want.
Post by
Gryphon
The comment rating system as designed to make it tough for comments to stick ensuring only factual and useful information is left behind, see
help
. The comment area isn't a place for chitchat, it is a place for facts regarding the item. One person can not purge a comment.
Post by
jefflovealex
How just, i make a complaint and every comment on the forums i have that was marked up have been marked down. C'mon people this isn't thottbott.
Post by
Wanderingfox
That's just it. This
isn't
thottbot. Not every comment is deemed worthy of being viewed on wowhead :P
Post by
Wildhorn
How just, i make a complaint and every comment on the forums i have that was marked up have been marked down. C'mon people this isn't thottbott.
That is what normally happens when you complain about rating system.
Rating System Rule #1: You do not talk about Rating System
Post by
jefflovealex
How just, i make a complaint and every comment on the forums i have that was marked up have been marked down. C'mon people this isn't thottbott.
That is what normally happens when you complain about rating system.
Rating System Rule #1: You do not talk about Rating System
Yeah course, nothing more pathetic then a powertrip who hates people who ask question. Top site this is.
May aswell be banned for all the good thats being done.
Post by
467179
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
ArgentSun
Creating multiple accounts from the same IP address just to downrate some comment... do you think anything is worth the effort? I mean, I can't imagine any hating another user so much.
@
jefflovealex
, this is what happens when you complain in the forums. When users see that somebody is whining about something - and it looks a lot like whining - they go and check what is going on. In other words, making a thread like this is like a huge flag that says "Hey, come see my comments!". And those users are going to be especially critical in their opinions. It's just how people are.
Few of your comments are just complaints about how your other comments got rated down. Of course users will not find anything interesting there. Many of the others are either responses to something specific another user said, or information that is blatantly obvious. Then there is this "
or you could go procreative and say "I'm a dis enchanter, i'll put master looter on and de any drops..it drops, you ninja it, 4 people never forgive you but you get the drake, i've seriously considered it.
".
I am sorry, but comments like this deserve to be rated down. Have you looked over our
Commenting and You
guide? I can, from personal experience, tell that it's a very good write-up. If you really don't want to have more negative ratings, I encourage you to try not to post comments, unless you find that an important piece of information is missing. For example, I can look at a page like
this
and notice that the dialogue associated with this page is not displayed anywhere (before you complete the quest, there is a ~3 minutes long cutscene that has quite a bit of Lore in it). If I knew that dialogue (and I bet it's on one of the WoW websites), I would add it, because it's almost guaranteed it would be rated up.
And I can't stress this enough - read all the comments before posting, and avoid redundant information. A huge chunk of all comments get downrated simply because 5 people say the same thing.
I hope you take what I wrote as an honest advice, not as scolding. I am trying to help you, because for one reason or another, your comments are being rated down, and I am saddened to see a page with dozens and dozens of purged comments on the bottom.
Post by
jefflovealex
Kills me a lot when i see my first few comments have are the things that dragged my marks down , when i first "Grew the balls to Comment", then they get deleted and my record gets scarred.
And people do use multiple accounts to downrate people, its not a rare thing, i'd half considered a second one to mark myself back up to comment rating 0. But thats too much work over 1 website.
For the record the ninja comment was a joke.
Post by
Haxzor
How do you know people make multiple accounts, and how do people know that your ninja comment was a joke?
Other people can't and don't know what you're thinking. So think about that before posting anything
Post by
Skyfire
Unless this site logs your IP address- does it?
Yes. I'll note ArgentSun avoided answering that...
Post by
349103
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
jefflovealex
How do you know people make multiple accounts, and how do people know that your ninja comment was a joke?
Other people can't and don't know what you're thinking. So think about that before posting anything
1 person was displeased with my complaint. and then my account is marked down 3 points per comment. Do the math mate.Unless he just said to friends to mark me down, in which its the same princible
Post by
Haxzor
How do you know people make multiple accounts, and how do people know that your ninja comment was a joke?
Other people can't and don't know what you're thinking. So think about that before posting anything
1 person was displeased with my
complaint
. and then my account is marked down 3 points per comment. Do the math mate.Unless he just said to friends to mark me down, in which its the same princible
see bolded, that's why it got downrated. Complaints arent helpful to anyone
Post by
ArgentSun
I didn't want to be blunt, but you refuse to see reason.
Your comments deserved downrating. The flaw is not in the system - it's in you. Fix it or get used to it.
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