Rating system

[ianacnl]

Hey! I'm totally new here and I was wondering if the rating system was only if you traded something or just if you've been to their town or viceversa?

Thanks in advance

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

It's for trades, visits, any interaction that you do. So even if you just went to the island together without trading, you can rate your experience with the person. There's a little note that you can write when you rate someone so you can be specific if you want

 

[LambdaDelta]

either you want really

it's mainly an indicator of the other party's reliability and respect

 

[ianacnl]

that was so quick! thanks!

 

[Chicha]

I've also seen some people use it to rate their experiences for art shops (like mayor art commissions or signatures) and even collectibles (the pixel imagines underneath friend codes). Both are a little rare to see, but I think it helps a great deal.

 

[Zura]

We need a rating system for people in general. Like, say you think someone is really nice and sweet, then you'd give them a good rating. Though, if they're a jerks or troll, give them a bad rating. Might be good for when they're picking out mods. It'd be our community's way of handpicking who we want to represent us.

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

We need a rating system for people in general. Like, say you think someone is really nice and sweet, you could give them a good rating. Might be good for when they're picking out mods. It'd be our community's way of handpicking who we want to represent us.

Hey, that's actually a really good idea ^_^

 

[Zura]

Hey, that's actually a really good idea ^_^

Why, thank you
I only mention this cause I've been thinking about it for ages now. It'd be nice if there was a way for them to choose the best mods. I've always sorta wanted to be a mod...

 

[ianacnl]

We need a rating system for people in general. Like, say you think someone is really nice and sweet, then you'd give them a good rating. Though, if they're a jerks or troll, give them a bad rating. Might be good for when they're picking out mods. It'd be our community's way of handpicking who we want to represent us.

That'd be neat! Haha

 

[RedTropicalPeachyFish]

We need a rating system for people in general. Like, say you think someone is really nice and sweet, then you'd give them a good rating. Though, if they're a jerks or troll, give them a bad rating. Might be good for when they're picking out mods. It'd be our community's way of handpicking who we want to represent us.

That'd be a bit hard to keep the fairness in that system though. Snce to who/what you feel nice is totally based on subjective view, while wifi rating thing is put based on more simply if there was an issue or no during the transaction.

 

[EpicGamer12]

We need a rating system for people in general. Like, say you think someone is really nice and sweet, then you'd give them a good rating. Though, if they're a jerks or troll, give them a bad rating. Might be good for when they're picking out mods. It'd be our community's way of handpicking who we want to represent us.

What kind of Orwellian society do you want us to live in?

 

[Zura]

What kind of Orwellian society do you want us to live in?

You're joking, right?

 

[Chicha]

We need a rating system for people in general. Like, say you think someone is really nice and sweet, then you'd give them a good rating. Though, if they're a jerks or troll, give them a bad rating. Might be good for when they're picking out mods. It'd be our community's way of handpicking who we want to represent us.

I'd want to agree but the thing is people have different intentions/impressions and can be prone to bias. I'm not saying it's a bad idea because I think your intention is good, but a lot of people unfortunately take advantage of their popularity. Most of the time, it leads to egos inflating and questionable behavior (i.e. bullying) to happen. I've seen this happen on different forums. x_x

 

[Zura]

I'd want to agree but the thing is people have different intentions/impressions and can be prone to bias. I'm not saying it's a bad idea because I think your intention is good, but a lot of people unfortunately take advantage of their popularity. Most of the time, it leads to egos inflating and questionable behavior (i.e. bullying) to happen. I've seen this happen on different forums. x_x

Well it probably wouldn't be any different to how popularity currently works here. We'd just have a visual representation to show it. Though, i do agree that popularity does certainly corrupt people. Ive seen enough of it here on these very forums.

 

[EpicGamer12]

Well it probably wouldn't be any different to how popularity currently works here. We'd just have a visual representation to show it. Though, i do agree that popularity does certainly corrupt people. Ive seen enough of it here on these very forums.

I think any kind of popularity system would be quickly shot down by the staff. It creates cliques, bullying, and toxicity among users.

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

Yeah I didn't think about the whole popularity contest thing. I just saw it as a way to commend those who gave a lot to the community without asking for anything in return. I remember kiwikenobi always letting people in their town to visit RVs for free. Lots of other people did things like these. I don't agree much with the mod thing but it's nice to be able to tell these people in an official way that we appreciate what they do for us.

 

[Zura]

Doesnt exactly have to be the deciding factor for picking mods. Just a thought and nothing more.

 

[LambdaDelta]

We need a rating system for people in general. Like, say you think someone is really nice and sweet, then you'd give them a good rating. Though, if they're a jerks or troll, give them a bad rating. Might be good for when they're picking out mods. It'd be our community's way of handpicking who we want to represent us.

speaking from experience of things like this on other communities, that would have a flat 100% chance of being abused

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I think any kind of popularity system would be quickly shot down by the staff. It creates cliques, bullying, and toxicity among users.

the likes system arguably is bad enough

not that I'd want it to be removed, but there's little question it functions a bit based on popularity in its own way

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also, as an addendum, popularity should be about the bottom of the list of factors looked into for staff applicants

again, speaking from personal experience with this stuff