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Posted by Lou Pilder on December 8, 2006, at 11:30:45
DR. Hsiung,
I am requesting that you take into consideration my suggestion to dismantle the system in use now and replace it with my system.
My system would give each poster a rating number that would rise or fall according to how your rules/policy are followed here. This would replace your code of civility here for blocking, but not the code itself.
Each member would start out with a rating of 1000. When a post has something that could be detrimental to the community, a loss of a particular number of points could then lower the member's rating. The member would not be blocked.
And any post that does not result in a loss of points, could be eligible to receive points added on to their rating.
This rating number of each poster will be tracked by appointed rating keepers, rather than deputies. There could be a graduated point reduction according to the severity of the post in relation to its harmful potential to the forum. For instance, using language that could offend others may be a loss of 5 pouints, while accusing another could be a loss of 10 points.
This could allow other members to judge the civility potential of the member's post. I do not think that it could judge the credibiity of the member's post. But that could also be subject to another rating along with the point rating. A star rating could be used, such as a 5-star poster or a 4-star poster based upon past credibility to their contributions. So we could have a 5-star poster with a very low point rating for civility.
Then we could have a rating for longevity. Perhaps a colored indicator next to each member, such as green for a new member and orange for a member of one year and red for a member of 2 or more years and purple for a member of 5 years or more.
I would be glad to avail myself to constructing this new system and create the point system for civility and the star system for credibility.
Now there could be a situation whee a member's point rating becomes so low, that they would drop off the board. So in a sense, a block could happen. I would set the threshold at 500. If a member's rating fell below that, I could agree to a block of 1 month.
Lou Pilder
Posted by linkadge on December 8, 2006, at 11:36:42
In reply to Lou's request to DR. Hsiung-, posted by Lou Pilder on December 8, 2006, at 11:30:45
Nobody is stopping you from making your own website.
Linkadge
Posted by muffled on December 8, 2006, at 13:35:10
In reply to Re: Lou's request to DR. Hsiung- » Lou Pilder, posted by linkadge on December 8, 2006, at 11:36:42
Nice thinking Lou, but I would proly obsess over my number!!!!!
Thanks for trying to come up w/solitions.
I'm not so smart I afraid.
Muffled
Posted by Dr. Bob on December 9, 2006, at 1:54:26
In reply to Lou's request to DR. Hsiung-, posted by Lou Pilder on December 8, 2006, at 11:30:45
> My system would give each poster a rating number
> This rating number of each poster will be tracked by appointed rating keepersThat's an interesting idea. Since it wouldn't rely on me and the deputies, I replied on an above thread. Here's a link:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20061202/msgs/711789.html
Thanks,
Bob
Posted by Lou Pilder on December 9, 2006, at 8:15:07
In reply to Re: Lou's request to DR. Hsiung- » linkadge, posted by muffled on December 8, 2006, at 13:35:10
Friends,
It is written here,[...Nice thinking, Lou...]
Lou's 8th smiley>>[:>)]
Then it is written,[...Thanks for trying to come up with solutions...].
Well, is there not a problem ,first, >before< a solution is tried to have come up?
There is also written,[...I would probably obsess over my number...].
But a number for civility with a number for credibility does not mean that there is a correlation between the two. Then there is the longevity symbol. I think with those three, one could have a high civility rating but a low credibility rating. And one could have a high credibility rating and a low civility rating.
If Martin Luther King jr's speeches are considered to be uncivil here, and I am awaiting a reply from Dr. Hsiung concerning that, would that take anything away from the importance of his work? If someone here has a high civility rating but does not give credible content in their posts, what could that mean?
Lou
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