“Let’s be honest, who but the most ardent or tone deaf will continue to post when the board chronically tell them people don’t like their posts.”
Do you actually think that in that situation, the person’s posts are likely to be good or worthwhile?
I guess that’s the disconnect here… if the board is constantly telling someone their posts suck, I don’t think it’s because this is a lone brave dissenter bringing us the truth… it’s probably because their posts actually suck.
And anyway it’s not about getting people to post or not post, it’s about a filtering mechanism so a reader can have the choice to sort based on the community’s appraisal of quality. It’s just not that sinister, and I’ve been on sites that use it to great success.
But whatever, obviously people aren’t into it. The signal to noise ratio is terrible these days… just thought it might help but that’s not a battle I’m going to fight.
