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Wimali
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I would like to have a sad rating as some posts really deserve one. (like when people resign, servers shut down etc.) This would be a neutral warning.
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Neutral rating, neutral warning is a bit of an oxymoron.
..just me being a grammar freak, don't mind me. >.>
(no, really, that came out sounding a little rude)
But, yeah, I like this, it would be good for some situations LIKE RIGHT NOW, KINGSAM'S LEAVING. :C
The rating "Useless" would come across as offensive, even if it was not intended to be offensive. I mean, what if you suggest an update for a server, or you make a post and you get 4 "Useless" posts, It'd make you wonder why your post is Useless.
I however would like a Sad rating as a neutral rating, like Optimistic, It could be used on Goodbye threads and whatnot.
I support this. Next step: sarcastic clapping rating.
Post ratings aren't about how you feel, but what the actual content is like, as the name implies: How you rate it.
E.g. "Funny", "Winner", etc. is a rating of content, not how you feel.
So a sad rating might not be the proper one, as e.g. farewell posts aren't necessarily sad in content (most are uplifting, inspiring and goodmooded), but make the people reading it feel sad.
If you give me a name that does not imply a feeling, but captures the sad emotional aspect of the content of a post, let me know and I'll consider adding it.
But we will not add a simple 'Sad' as it defies the idea of post ratings.
Of course, the Dislike rating is also quite useless by those means, and should be changed as well
E.g. "Funny", "Winner", etc. is a rating of content, not how you feel.
So a sad rating might not be the proper one, as e.g. farewell posts aren't necessarily sad in content (most are uplifting, inspiring and goodmooded), but make the people reading it feel sad.
If you give me a name that does not imply a feeling, but captures the sad emotional aspect of the content of a post, let me know and I'll consider adding it.
But we will not add a simple 'Sad' as it defies the idea of post ratings.
Of course, the Dislike rating is also quite useless by those means, and should be changed as well
Saddening. It's not hard to turn it into an adjective for the subject instead of the viewer's reaction. The icon could just be a frowny face, similar to the icon for Funny.
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DieLorelei
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And/or Pessimistic with a lightning bolt icon to correspond with the Optimistic rating when the post has negative content, but is not as extreme as to call for a dislike or disagree.
If your going to note Pessimistic...
I've kind of been thinking for some time now that a Skeptical rating could be nice and/or helpful, since there really are no "uncertain" ratings. (And it can also correspond to that Optimistic rating!)
(Or at least something that's not "sad;" doesn't seem that really important to garner a rating to me)
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DarkHender
Guest
I do like this idea, it seems sort of useless sometimes.. But it does seem nice to use on a thread of a friend/staff member leaving or resigning.
This is now added in the form of a "Oh no!" rating, which can be used when you deem the content to be a mixture of sad and simply "This can't be true!", I think it suits the main usage - goodbye threads - quite well.
Nice work GmK. I would have liked your post, but oh noing it seems more appropriate.
Do we really need to tell people their spelling is bad, in a community made up of many non-native speakers, that try their best to spell things? No, I don't think we need that rating
Very nice job with the ratings, GmK. Keep up the good work!
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