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Old 01-15-2002, 03:48 PM   #21
MaggieL
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Originally posted by dhamsaic
However, it might be an interesting thing to have, especially if there was an option to "ignore ratings" - i.e., you wouldn't even see them, and they wouldn't affect you.
If you think that "you wouldn't even see them" and "they wouldn't affect you" are the same thing, you've never read Slashdot. I think you'd immediately see some people starting to pander to the crowd, and the pandering wouldn't even be to the *entire* crowd, it would be that subset who are dim enough to spend a lot of their time voting; not the most interesting people on the planet. One of those "amongst those expressing a preference" deals that Pepsi made so famous. I just don't think "it might be interesting" is a good enough reason.
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