I like the concept. Thumbs up from me.

Great idea Laurie, could be interesting... even posting some stats on what's hot, or what's **?

On other thing, so in the forum of a topic (i.e. - this one) If I click a thumbs up for Pearl or sburlo does that reflect their stats or whatever or is it only related to the inital thread poster?

Cheers!

P.s. Like what you have done with the site!

Hey Loz, how come your immune to it?
I've been hitting the down button on your last post for the last 10 mins and nothin's hapnen??????????

HEY WOW, I've got two stars

Yep: Your vote is recorded once only .. voting over and over will not add additional votes.

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Originally posted by laurie

Haha!

We're experimenting!

The new ratings are all about your perception of what you like and what you don't.

We'll be giving it a run for a while, and see if what happens .. maybe you'll like it .. maybe you won't .. maybe it won't be used .. maybe it will be good fun!

At the top of each post is a thumbs up/down icon - the concept is easy:

* If you reckon the post is a ripper/makes you laugh/is good value .. thumbs up.

* If you reckon it's offensive, rude, inappropriate .. thumbs down.

* If you don't care/not interested .. do nothing.

As moderators, we apply our perception on posts and do our best to gauge whether a topic/post has gone too far.

The written word is so difficult to understand, especially when it's heated - many times people read things in the mood they are in, rather than the mood of the author.

On the flipside, popular members may win prizes!

There are no rules - it's just another way for you to provide your opinion.

Let's see what happens!

Enjoy .. Laurie

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Carefull Lozza, starting of a post with kn "haha" is very kn similar to who someone else (who is already significantly in the kn negative) starts his!

Hey Laurie,

What about having a thumbs up/down for the images section?
That way you could rate an awesome photo (like this one: www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=3909 ) and then later on you could view based on how many thumbs up/down certain images got?

Also, sites like this one (slashdot.org/ ) have been using a 'karma' system for years, they get in the order of 20,000 posts a day so have gotten most of the kinks worked out. One of the ideas they use is having a 'karma cap' of 5, so the max score a post can get to is 5. This means that your vote does count. At the moment with the seabreeze system if any post is higher than say 10, then you can click on the thumbs up icon somewhere else and it doesn't change colour, even slightly. A cap of 5 and minus 5 alleviates this problem.

They also do things like not allowing you to vote on topics you've replied to, and only letting people with high karma vote, which might not be the right thing to do on this forum (at least until we get a few more people onboard!).

It's a great idea, and I'm sure it will work out well. It's fantastic to see a site so well maintained

P.S. Posting this in the kiting section because they seem to be a bit more interested in the ratings than the poleys...

Great idea being able to rate posts.
Pretty much the same concept as the 'mana' rating I've seen in many International Forums.
Allows everyone to offer an opinion on who's posting what.
4x2

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Originally posted by laurie

Haha!

We're experimenting!

As moderators, we apply our perception on posts and do our best to gauge whether a topic/post has gone too far.

The written word is so difficult to understand, especially when it's heated - many times people read things in the mood they are in, rather than the mood of the author.

On the flipside, popular members may win prizes!

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cOOL,
I'll take a Seabreeze t-shirt.
Thanks.

lol.
Shame.
Internet newsflash.....
Forum nazis kick user-butt !!
Thumb-votes get the finger from me.
Censorship (in any disguise) is a flawed concept.
Instead,
Thumbs-up to web-convo's.
Icons suck dick.
Use text,
it has way more power.
TALK, goddamnit.
Connect, man. (If you happen to be on the same wavelength).
Word.......?

Hey Laurie
Anything you can do about the fact that when you vote, it takes you back to the top of the page. A little annoying especially when your right at the bottom. No biggy, just wondering.

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Originally posted by waveslave

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Originally posted by laurie

Haha!

We're experimenting!

As moderators, we apply our perception on posts and do our best to gauge whether a topic/post has gone too far.

The written word is so difficult to understand, especially when it's heated - many times people read things in the mood they are in, rather than the mood of the author.

On the flipside, popular members may win prizes!

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cOOL,
I'll take a Seabreeze t-shirt.
Thanks.

lol.
Shame.
Internet newsflash.....
Forum nazis kick user-butt !!
Thumb-votes get the finger from me.
Censorship (in any disguise) is a flawed concept.
Instead,
Thumbs-up to web-convo's.
Icons suck dick.
Use text,
it has way more power.
TALK, goddamnit.
Connect, man. (If you happen to be on the same wavelength).
Word.......?

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and your idea of connecting is via the use of profanity ?
if this forum gets international exposure, the least it can maintain is some standard of 'intelligent communications' without the need for profanity.
since when did it become necessary to express oneself or communicate by being the lowest denominator on the IQ scale ?
4x2

I've got the seabreaze sticker, now all I need is the Waveslave T-Shirt.....no I will not settle for a cap.

Change is good as it brings out the best/worst in people...can be entertaining.

Laurie, I feel the T-Shirts are sick, but a bit pricey. Overall, site has gone through a good change. Recon the voting thing is interesting, but not necessary, as 99% of threads die anyway. Voting is for comps. and politics, forums are for infotainment.

Happy Easter

Our records show over 2000 votes have been cast by several hundred different members.

The little icon indicator has 5+/- steps, and of course a positive vote can offset a negative vote, so it's a bit difficult trying to reverse count the number of votes from the icons.

Hope that helps!

Saves everyones breath telling you your a jerk 'slave instead all they have to do is click and not give you the pleasure of biting to the troll.

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Originally posted by carbine

Its such a boschen feature.

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your ideas are intriguing to me and i wish to subscribe to your newsletter/magazine