Hey! Who's in charge of those stars we're labeled with, anyway? Anyone else find that a bit...arbitrarily judgmental? I mean, hell...I don't think I was measured by gold stars since I was in kindergarten...Just curious how everyone else feels about having their honest thoughts assigned a value.
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So...what's with the stars???
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eh dont put to much stock into it, its a user rating system that should probably be taken out back and shot numerous times, sometimes people knock others down just for fun or out of anger or whatever just as some people raise others up out of boredom or because they happened to say something they likedso yeah dont be bothered by it
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LOL! Hey, I'm not in anyway upset...that was tongue-in-cheek! I was just curious how everyone--or anyone--felt about that part of the site. No worries, here...I'm very secure in myself
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oooo ok well yeah some people get upset but i think its just plain stupid
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If we could find a way to turn them off we would.
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lol, what about the Doc? cant he take them down?
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My concern was for the kids who come to this site and already have issues with self-esteem. Hell, I've been knocked down and sprung back up enough that it's just like getting out of bed for me...but that's not the situation for everyone. Just a thought.
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He's a doctor, not an admistrator! (Star Trek reference.) Stars Who Lowered My Star Rating?Your rank There was a thread on the subject a year ago that actually contained useful information, but I can't find it.By the way, the star ratings are rounded down (truncated, actually), so if you get 100 ratings of four stars, but one rating of three, you will end up with 3 stars.
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lol i know that but id think he could speak with whoever he had to design the site and get them taken down
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The person who built this site, which is pretty much made up of flakey and out-of-date freeware, did not write the message board application or database application.
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lol jeez ok fine he can talk to whoever put the stars up and if its possible to get them taken down hows that?
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My point is, if there's not alredy a setting for "no star rating" in what they're currently using, then it ain't gonna happen.
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ooo ok so what would they have to tear the entire site down and rebuild it or what?
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The forum software was not written for this site. It's a generic software that was bought and used by the owner. If you have any complaints about the sofware, complain to these people, http://www.ubbcentral.com/ , not us.
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Meh.. the way i see it is fuck the stars.. anyone who votes low for me is just jealous!
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it's pretty flawed in general.the inability ro re-rate someone who has managed to change one's opinion of them is stupid.In the past week, 3 more people have chosen to rate me but my number hasn't changed in well over a year.I guess I'm just average
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LOL! I hope you and all previous and subsequent posters understand that I was not--and AM not--seriously concerned about my "star rating"....truth be told, I could give a rat's bunghole what people think of me and what I say. But I WAS serious with my concern about a rating system that could--potentially--affect a fragile ego.Don't worry, folks, I'm cool
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We'll take it easy on you. If you have issues, you know, you can talk about it here. We'll listen. It's OK .. you can open up.
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When I was born, the doctor who delivered me gave me only one star. Then my mom gave me two stars. She had to. She was my mom. Then the babysitter rated me...I seemed to have suddenly gained a lot of ratings lately. I think a lot of people don't bother until you say something that they find particularly obnoxious.
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Oh. Okay........so......so what if I've got this THING on my balls????Sorry, those of you who are a little older may recognize a little early Steve Martin. And then there's:So I got my tongue up this chick's ass....you know how boring it can be in line at the bank....That was Andrew Dice Clay.Rat's asshole, anyone?