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An increasingly annoying and festering pet peeve of mine about some people on this site is the random rating of people with one star. I'm of the opinion that if you really don't like what someone has to say then yes, feel free to rate them a one star. But if there statements are innocuous and clearly not intended to stir any controversial comments, then giving them a one star should earn you at least 10 one stars by people who side with the victim. But it seems that 99% of my one star ratings are not coming as retaliation for when someone gives my post a one star. I'm thinking that it just isn't enough for me to rate them, we need to form a coalition of friends that will help send a message.

Let's start with this blogger, ravefan66, who thought it appropriate to give my innocuous thread a one star and I sure as hell hope you all scrutinize ravefan66's threads and help me pay back in kind!

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Shuless Joe is technically correct. The five star scoring systems implemented 2/1/08 made any rating beneficial. Obviously one star much less so than five stars. However, in practice, if someone wants to send you a signal they didn't like your post, they could rate you one star to get your attention. Even though not rating is less beneficial, it doesn't send a message either, does it?

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Good question, er statement, er comment. It seems that some people like to give bad rating when they disagree with you. I like to give high ratings when someone posts something clever even though he may like a team that I don't. When someone responds to a post of mine I usually give them a high rating just because its nice to see some action going on. Usually when someone gives me a low rating on a post i check out the ratings they have been receiving and sure enough they've got a passle of 1 stars. Usually a low rating given to a decent post is from a rookie or someone who just doesn't put 2 and 2 together.

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I know exactly what you are talking about! There should be a way to expose these malicious frauds like StopNPop who just go around a give mostly one star ratings, but, don't leave any comments or start any threads themselves. These are the CBS sports community's cheap shot artists. Maybe there are more of us out here in this community who are ready to flush these lowlifes out and put them in a corner where they belong. Personally, I am very reluctant to award anyone a one star and tend to focus on comments that I fully agree with - I stay on the positive side of things usually. However, there seems to be a negative contigent who just go around the site and give random one stars or to just give one stars in retaliation. It is the random and mindless one star that is a problem. I still think there are more good people out here and if enough of them stick up for each other, then, the mindless, negative fools can have their actions have minimal effect! A coalition of friends may be starting!

Shuless Joe Reputation: 97 Level: Superstar Since: Aug 30, 2007	Posted on: May 12, 2008 2:04 pm Score: 95 Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Ratings Etiquette With the new ratings system, all ratings help your rep. Even a one-star rating is helpful to your reputation. The worst thing another user can do is not rate your post at all. - Joe [ Reply to Comment ]
Jellydonut Reputation: 97 Level: Superstar Since: Oct 19, 2007	Posted on: May 12, 2008 3:15 pm Score: 92 Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Ratings Etiquette Shuless Joe is technically correct. The five star scoring systems implemented 2/1/08 made any rating beneficial. Obviously one star much less so than five stars. However, in practice, if someone wants to send you a signal they didn't like your post, they could rate you one star to get your attention. Even though not rating is less beneficial, it doesn't send a message either, does it? [ Reply to Comment ]
lelandjr Reputation: 96 Level: Superstar Since: Dec 17, 2007	Posted on: May 13, 2008 2:32 am Score: 90 Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Ratings Etiquette Well, damn. Steam has seized spewing from my ears. Thanks for the note guys. [ Reply to Comment ]
BlueCollarIT Reputation: 94 Level: All-Star Since: Dec 13, 2006	Posted on: May 13, 2008 9:40 am Score: 93 Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Ratings Etiquette Good question, er statement, er comment. It seems that some people like to give bad rating when they disagree with you. I like to give high ratings when someone posts something clever even though he may like a team that I don't. When someone responds to a post of mine I usually give them a high rating just because its nice to see some action going on. Usually when someone gives me a low rating on a post i check out the ratings they have been receiving and sure enough they've got a passle of 1 stars. Usually a low rating given to a decent post is from a rookie or someone who just doesn't put 2 and 2 together. [ Reply to Comment ]
Mr Tony Reputation: 98 Level: Superstar Since: Aug 22, 2007	Posted on: May 15, 2008 9:06 am Score: 93 Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Ratings Etiquette I know exactly what you are talking about! There should be a way to expose these malicious frauds like StopNPop who just go around a give mostly one star ratings, but, don't leave any comments or start any threads themselves. These are the CBS sports community's cheap shot artists. Maybe there are more of us out here in this community who are ready to flush these lowlifes out and put them in a corner where they belong. Personally, I am very reluctant to award anyone a one star and tend to focus on comments that I fully agree with - I stay on the positive side of things usually. However, there seems to be a negative contigent who just go around the site and give random one stars or to just give one stars in retaliation. It is the random and mindless one star that is a problem. I still think there are more good people out here and if enough of them stick up for each other, then, the mindless, negative fools can have their actions have minimal effect! A coalition of friends may be starting! [ Reply to Comment ]
Mr Tony Reputation: 98 Level: Superstar Since: Aug 22, 2007	Posted on: May 15, 2008 9:08 am Score: 89 Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Ratings Etiquette I didn't know that! Thanks for the info. [ Reply to Comment ]
lelandjr Reputation: 96 Level: Superstar Since: Dec 17, 2007	Posted on: May 15, 2008 9:35 pm Score: 92 Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate: Ratings Etiquette Mr. T, I still agree with you about sticking together and flushing folk out. Shu is an expert here so I'm glad to hear his insight. I'm gonna give some more thought to how we can tackle the annoyance of the one star rating. [ Reply to Comment ]

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