[sldev] Research on flagging/rating systems? (Re: Your Feedback Wanted on Search Flagging !)

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2008-05-04, at 16:46, Jason Giglio wrote:
> Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>> Something else: acceptance or mere inaction should not imply  
>> approval.
>>   * A resident may disapprove of the whole system, or only use it to
>> flag spam.
>>   * A resident may merely be reluctant to use the system.
>>   * A reluctant user's flag would seem to be more important.
>

> I'm not sure that's a bad thing.  If you hate the system so much that
> you never use it, yet you still find an entry objectionable enough to
> flag, that entry must be pretty bad.

I think you're agreeing with what I intended to convey. :)