quality - thumbs up or down

[gwd-scouter 11]

Question - what are the quality thumbs up or down used for?

[EagleInKY 14]

Readers can rank posts as good or not-so-good. You didn't have any votes, so I gave you a thumbs up for asking the question. Now you show 100% thumbs up.

 

I don't think anyone pays much attention to them, framkly.

[gwd-scouter 11]

Thank Eagle. Wow, Senior Forum member ranking and 100% quality all in one day! Open the portals wider guys, my head is swelling...

[Beavah 205]

I've been part of other forums where the quality flag is posted more prominently, and in such a way that you can use it to select what you want to read. In some cases, there are little "twinkies" that highlight a poster's name who has a history of high-quality postings.

 

I confess I sort of like that kind of system. It helps separate wheat from chaff. It'd be nice to add here.

 

[briantshore 14]

I've voted for some responses, when I thought someone made a good point,or brought up a important issue. Till I read this, I never noticed the numbers. I guess my glasses are worse than I thought. I'll give you a thumbs op for a very good question>

[Kudu 186]

I find it hard to believe that many people would give a "thumbs up" to a post with which they disagree, no mater how high its quality :-/

 

So what you have is an index of the popularity of a person's ideas, rather than the actual quality of his postings.

 

Kudu