Greets.

It seems that our rankings are based purely on QUANTITY and not on QUALITY of posts.

So in essence, spammers gain ELITE status easily, while those who post infrequently (but write good posts) always stay at NOVICE status.

(Yes, I do tend to fall back to Novice frequently.)

These are tainted ratings - and some new algorithm is needed (or a rating system of sorts) to judge the rankings.

Thanks.

Originally posted by ssnautilus

Greets.

 

It seems that our rankings are based purely on QUANTITY and not on QUALITY of posts.

So in essence, spammers gain ELITE status easily, while those who post infrequently (but write good posts) always stay at NOVICE status.

(Yes, I do tend to fall back to Novice frequently.)

These are tainted ratings - and some new algorithm is needed (or a rating system of sorts) to judge the rankings.

 

Thanks.

How would you implement a system that automatically rates you based on the quality of your post? It's impossible.

Honestly, who cares? It's just a stupid forum ranking and has nothing to do with anything.

Agreed. Also, posting is not the only way to gain rankings. A large portion relates to how often you use the website.

 Actually I think some of it is to do with quality, well that's what they say anyway.

Originally posted by ssnautilus

Greets.

 

It seems that our rankings are based purely on QUANTITY and not on QUALITY of posts.

So in essence, spammers gain ELITE status easily, while those who post infrequently (but write good posts) always stay at NOVICE status.

(Yes, I do tend to fall back to Novice frequently.)

These are tainted ratings - and some new algorithm is needed (or a rating system of sorts) to judge the rankings.

 

Thanks.

Well it also has something to do with how much you visit this site.  If you visit once every week then of course you will have a lower ranking than some of the people who post more.

Also, it technically doesn't go off quantity.  Although if you spam your posts get deleted, which leads to a loss of 5 rank points...unfortunately I have been victim to this many times

Infractions kill your stars more thoroughly than rat poison. Look at me. One star and lesson learned.

Originally posted by Friction2u

Infractions kill your stars more thoroughly than rat poison. Look at me. One star and lesson learned.

 

Meh...I blame the DF forum

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Originally posted by mike470

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Originally posted by Friction2u

Infractions kill your stars more thoroughly than rat poison. Look at me. One star and lesson learned.

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Meh...I blame the DF forum

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It was actually.

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Dear Friction: you have received a warning.

"What? What for?"

Dear Friction: you have received a warning.

"OMG? What did I do?"

Dear Friction: you have received a warning.

"You're kidding me? For THAT?

Dear Friction: you have received a one day ban.

"But ... all I said was that ..."

Dear Friction: you have received a warning.

"I just logged on!"

Dear Friction: you have received a 3 day ban.

"Damn! Where the hell are the rules. The page was around here somewhere.

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I guess the lesson is "read the rules before you post" :)

why do they even have your rank fall? it seems pointless for those who come on once in a while but can't do anything because their rank is low.

Log in once a day and you'll keep 3 stars.  Participate with posts more than one or two sentences long and you may get more.

Dont really care too much about it tbh,A couple of months ago I got a warning and then a ban in the space of 2 days,I appealed against both as they were so trival and both times the community manager agreed that niether of them should stand and he removed them...but I still lost 10 points on the ranking system,figure that one out.