Here's a suggested addition to this forum (and all for that matter). People visit forums for a variety of reasons, but their most useful function is to provide information, provoke thought, or just entertain. Unfortunately, not all posts contribute positively to this. So, here is a thought about a system for grading posts.
There could be a set of buttons added to each post to allow the reader to grade the post. This grade would be recorded at the host and analyzed later. Each post could be graded using the school grading system we are all familiar with.
A-Excellent post. Provides some really useful information or provokes a lot of thought. Rarely used.
B-Good post. Provides some info. In this forum, picks or contest entries would fall in this category.
C-Nuetral post. Doesn't really do much. Thank you, good luck, contact me, happy faces, etc. would fall in this category.
D-Negative value. Post detracts a bit or is unrelated to the thread.
F-Really bad. Nasty response directed at someone. Calling someone a liar without supporting facts would fall here. Again fairly rarely used.
After the post is up for 24 hours, the post would be assigned a grade point average (GPA). Also the posters average GPA would be maintained and displayed with his future posts.
Submitted grades would be compared to the others submitted for each post. Those matching the majority of grades would be considered correct. Then each person submitting grades would have a grading percentage calculated. This would measure how accurate a grader the person is, and this percentage would then be used in weighting his future grades.
Both the persons GPA and grading percentage could be displayed along with his name.
Any thoughts?
There could be a set of buttons added to each post to allow the reader to grade the post. This grade would be recorded at the host and analyzed later. Each post could be graded using the school grading system we are all familiar with.
A-Excellent post. Provides some really useful information or provokes a lot of thought. Rarely used.
B-Good post. Provides some info. In this forum, picks or contest entries would fall in this category.
C-Nuetral post. Doesn't really do much. Thank you, good luck, contact me, happy faces, etc. would fall in this category.
D-Negative value. Post detracts a bit or is unrelated to the thread.
F-Really bad. Nasty response directed at someone. Calling someone a liar without supporting facts would fall here. Again fairly rarely used.
After the post is up for 24 hours, the post would be assigned a grade point average (GPA). Also the posters average GPA would be maintained and displayed with his future posts.
Submitted grades would be compared to the others submitted for each post. Those matching the majority of grades would be considered correct. Then each person submitting grades would have a grading percentage calculated. This would measure how accurate a grader the person is, and this percentage would then be used in weighting his future grades.
Both the persons GPA and grading percentage could be displayed along with his name.
Any thoughts?
