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Please don't 5* just everything !
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charlies_hat
offlineMemberAgree - we are all in the habit of 5* if we like it, otherwise nothing.
Personally, I hate it when people post 5 or 6 unfunny efforts all at once, chucking mud at the wall at all that.... just clogs up the board and moves some good subs onto page 2 where they get lost.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Zadok the second
offlineMemberI agree. Rain or shine, we ought to be more discerning. We ought to find the time to use the system more accurately.
Speaking as a system addict, the slightest touch of cronyism makes me shudder. In fact, I can't wait another minute to go and vote properly.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Excellent post Sinnick, if it was in the other room I'd give it 5*...
I will try to only give something 5* if it actually makes me laugh. 4* if it just makes me smile. And 3* if it is an idea that has potential but needs better developing.
I won't bother with 1* and 2* as that feels mean.
Posted 1 year ago # -
charlies_hat
offlineMemberIs it a bit like the badges if you work at Fatdonalds ?
Posted 1 year ago # -
dvo4fun
offlineMember"I will try to only give something 5* if it actually makes me laugh. 4* if it just makes me smile. And 3* if it is an idea that has potential but needs better developing.
I won't bother with 1* and 2* as that feels mean.
Works for me too"
Works for me too VCG & Username. I must try harder (subs and starring)
Posted 1 year ago # -
Sinnick
offlineMemberCheers, guys, 5* for each comment
I just find it annoying when the first 15 subs in the Writers' room are all credited with 5* - some of them are obviously shite and some are well worth reading
Mind you, if someone credited my subs with 5*, I wouldn't complain as much ...
Posted 1 year ago # -
charlies_hat
offlineMemberWhat the star system is missing is an ackowledgement that everyone elses stuff is average and all mine is bloody excellent.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Maybe I am simple, (and that is a huge possibility) but I either find something funny or I don't. I admit full subs either get 5 or 0, tickers will usually get 4 (as it is only one line,I think subs deserve the extra 1 for time and effort) unless they really make my laugh out loud, then its 5. only if I find something gratuitously offensive do I 1 star.
Agree with the point about loads of posts in a row. I can't fit any more 'fake ugg boots'in my closet
Posted 1 year ago # -
Perks - surely there's a difference between finding something funny and smiling as you read it, and finding something so funny that tea comes shooting out of your nose, eyes and ears?
I'm fully aware that limiting 5* ratings to "laugh out loud" subs means most of mine will never get above 4.
Posted 1 year ago # -
probably VCG. But I find it is either funny or not. I agree that there are differing levels of funny but if it elicits a reaction then it has done it's job. just because it didnt make me piss myself doesnt make it any less deserving of 5 because it still got a reaction. I will try to add to what i believe to be really good pieces by adding more than one word comments and highlight gems, and if I have suggestions I will suggest. For me, i look more at comments than ratings as they are more personnal.
I am sure this debate has been had before and happen again.
Posted 1 year ago # -
The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberZadock, it's ok, I got it.
And for that, I give you Five Star.Posted 1 year ago # -
Are you suggesting we've plagiarised this topic? Because that's a whole different can of worms, as you're well aware...
Fair point. I take more from the comments than the ratings too. But maybe that's because people tend to give 5 quite a lot, so there is more indication in the comments as to just how much they like it.
The problem I've found in the past has been that I've been going through giving subs that I like 5*, then I'd find one that I thought was really, really, really great. Great concept, brilliantly written and hilariously funny. And suddenly only rating that the same as some of the others that I'd just given 5* to didn't seem right.
What I think we need is a 6* button for those occasions.
Jeni - I didn't get it. I've just read it again and I still don't. Any chance of explaining what it was?
Posted 1 year ago # -
The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberFive Star VCG.
Posted 1 year ago # -
The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberI'm looking forward to seeing them play at the Rewind Festival in Scone this summer, as there are now four girls and one boy since the member on the far left swapped sides.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Ah-ha, suddenly it makes sense.
In my defence, assuming the dates on wikipedia are correct, most of the songs very cleverly referenced by Zadok were released when I was 4...
Posted 1 year ago # -
The All New Jeni B
offlineMemberSteadman, that's the chap!
Or not...
Posted 1 year ago # -
gaijintendo
offlineMemberI think this is exactly why most sites do numbers/scoring. Up Votes/ Down Votes. Youtube started 5 stars and ended up up/down. It is also easier.
If something is crap, and they care about comedy, then that down vote will help them...
I am not keen on upsetting people - so if it stinks, I tend not to vote at all rather than one starring.Posted 1 year ago # -
dvo4fun
offlineMemberStill having something of an ego I do like seeing 5 Big Ones awarded to any of my subs.
As an extreeeemly mature University student, many years ago now, I shuffled out of my tutor's room with 'only a B' grade for my first assignment(my last attempt at education had been decades earlier on City & Guilds Motor Mechanics course where you had a chance of getting a pass if you could both remember and spell your own name). The helpful marker had endorsed my essay with an opaque 6 word comment that didn't help very much at all in my search to improve.
Sorry long story. The point I was working up to is/was that I really appreciate comments on subs to explain scoring, query something, make suggestions etc. Having said that am aware that most people are quite busy (some even appear to have jobs allowing unfettered access to NB during the working day) and may not have the time.
in such cases I am prepared to accept unexplained 5 stars
Posted 1 year ago #
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