Ratings and Comments ...

[AAA]

hi,

i just felt that ratings and comments should not be independent.
A rating should be accompanied by at least a comment telling... "... this is y i felt it as a 9/10 image or 1/10 image". or the user can just say... "ok i just felt this is a 9/10 image"
This i feel, will bring more credibility to the rating system.
just some thoughts. was it decided before to make ratings and comments delinked... ? then its ok.

Regards
Anoop

[Ganesh H Shankar]

hi,

i just felt that ratings and comments should not be independent.
A rating should be accompanied by at least a comment telling... "... this is y i felt it as a 9/10 image or 1/10 image". or the user can just say... "ok i just felt this is a 9/10 image"
This i feel, will bring more credibility to the rating system.
just some thoughts. was it decided before to make ratings and comments delinked... ? then its ok.

Regards
Anoop

Anoop,

We have used a gallery software module for the forum (you can see the link at the bottom) which at present has this kind of rating system. The choice we have is either to disable it or enable it. Merging the rating and comments is not a feature in this software. I agree with you that it is desirable we justify our rating with comments. Some of us try our level best to give honest feedback for most of the images posted. But as the number of images increases it may not be practicle for all of us to provide feedback on every image while the rating is only a click away. The rating system in the current software is designed to be confidential - even to admins of the forums - So mandating/suggesting explicit stating of the rating may also decrease the credibility of the rating. I think that will lead to inflation of the rating

As along as we are true to ourself I believe this should work. We all have our own standards to rate an image (that is why we have a suggestions for ratings to normalize this). Yes, I agree with you adding our honest views will help better our visions and images. Wish we all have time to add a line or two for each of the images posted..

- Regards,
Ganesh H Shankar.

[AAA]

The rating system in the current software is designed to be confidential - even to admins of the forums - So mandating/suggesting explicit stating of the rating may also decrease the credibility of the rating. I think that will lead to inflation of the rating

true true ... thats the another side of the coin !!

thanks Ganesh !!

Regards,
Anoop