[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by J pold

How come threads don't get rated anymore?

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=108751

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...ghlight=rating

The second link has the post explaining it all from photon:

Originally Posted by photon

To be more specific, I took a look in the database of who was rating which threads, and there was a group of users who would, almost without fail, en masse, give 1 star ratings to every single thread a particular user started.

Of course the thread star rating is supposed to be to identify good threads, not to be used to grief a person a clique doesn't like.

And asking people to behave in a mature fashion usually doesn't work, and having to police thread ratings is beyond stupid, so it was easier just to remove the system entirely.

This is a strong indication that a "no-thanks" system, or a system to rate other posters or a thumbs up/thumbs down system simply could not work, as there's a group of people who would abuse the system for their own fun rather than use it as it was intended.

As usual, a few spoil it for everyone.