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Originally Posted by SpitFire40
This is why I'd hope it'd be more public... I don't think the opinions of a select few truly hold weight in regards to the board itself.
Has it been considered? and if it has been shot down, please explain how it's better off leaving it in the hands of a small committee, Rather than all members?
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Public in what way? Skill givers being public, or being able to see anyone's list of skill ratings?
If it's the first, it's to protect the skill givers and let people focus on the post and the comment rather than the giver. And we (hopefully) have chosen a good cross section of forum members to give skill.
And what do you mean by "hold weight"? It's not like the skill system is intended to be the be all and end all of everything... it's simply intended to give feedback to posters about their posts, to hopefully over time nudge things towards a higher "quality" (however that is defined).
Having a skill system available to all members has been tried on many many forums and rarely works. At best we'd become a big group think where the prevailing opinion gets boosted up and everything else gets buried.. see Digg or slashdot for examples of that in action.
EDIT: And with that I'm going to bed
