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This was where I was coming from, lol. For things that come from & are produced by the staff (events & the like), there will not be any requirements based on ratings or things of the sort to participate in or use. All this said, currently the only thing we need to do before installation is get the icons ready and the option to opt out! After that's all ready, I'll have a post in Comm. News ready for you guys when it's ready. Following this, after about a month there'll be a survey to gauge improvements and such to make. There may also be a thread for future ratings suggestions following that (mainly because I do not want to flood this section with them).
I think this would be a good compromise between private and public ratings. It gives everyone the coice to opt out whether they want to have them private or not, which in regards to this particular thing, I think would be more effective than forcing people one way or another. There aren't any plans now, or will there ever be I think, to use Rep/Likes/Ratings or anything of the sort as a requirement for going-ons on the site. The only thing they are linked to is Materials for pins (which Llave is currently working on revamping).
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Based Game Mods @libregkd and @Kites have more authority on this, but I think 'Game Help' as is does encompass the guide aspect of it. People generally refer to guides to get assistance for a game if they're stuck or need help with making/finding something within it.
You can still see the negative ratings you and other people give to each other. By being hidden, it's more that the amount of negative ratings you have won't reflect in your rating bar/number showing in the postbit: View attachment 38712 View attachment 38713 taken before my previous template edits The Rep Bar was similar in that it didn't show dereps, but rather just the total amount of positive rep you had, which is an idea that I wanted to keep with this. The bar also, imo, looked worse with all ratings reflected in the bar than only positive. And yeah, I see what you mean too. I do fear that people may feel like they're forced to vote for something even if they don't care (or worse, be swayed by friends/etc.), but I suppose a note saying if they don't feel strongly they don't, nor shouldn't, feel pressured to vote could be good.
This was probably geared towards Misty, but SNOOZE YA LOSE, MISTY. I also like having them public; I think it would help to illicit a sense of accountability on the part of people who negatively (or positively) rate something. With Rep, the accountability was practically negligible because it was behind closed curtains -- admittedly, much more so back when it was fully anonymous. With public ratings, there will be that sense of "I neg./pos. rated X member for the 15th time in a row, maybe I should stop," as well as knowing full well while giving someone a rating, everyone will be able to see it If someone sees Joey297 constantly neg rating What?, they can easily report that to the staff. Additionally, if someone sees said hypothetical member pos. rating every post of What?'s, they can also report that. There has been at least one case in the past where someone was actively overusing the 'Like' button (for a joke, however), and someone else did report it and it was easily resolved. I like allowing all members to be able to see and report such abuse in the event staff (be it everyone or those on at the time) do end up catching some and missing others. And on the Matthew Effect, imo even if that is accounted for, there will still be other cognitive biases at work behind the scenes. There have been many times in the various different Skype, MSN, Facebook, and so on chats I've been in when there have been other people who share a link they find funny or infuriating, and people will flock to that link and check it out. When this has happened in the case of KHV posts, people have mass repped or mass derepped posts. These mass rep sprees were organized offsite, and it is an effect of deindividuation, of acting as the group around you does. What stops this bias from happening when ratings are private? Even with the Matthew Effect, it will still be in effect, just through a different medium. If enough, (specific) people around someone in a chat or in a call say they find it funny, that someone can still be effected, regardless of the way they received that information. I agree that trying to account for different biases is good, but in this case, I think regardless of whether they're private or not, they'll still be present in some fashion. And at the risk of getting off topic, I disagree. I don't like forcing people into a decision for something they may honestly not care for. To rectify this, typically (and what I had decided to do a few days after my initial post of the User Awards), I just count the 'Don't Care' votes towards both options in the poll and go from there since it's clear they don't really mind either way, which is fine imo.
And Alexandra Daddario *w* Actually now that I think about it, the whole cast (minus the old white guys) were all pretty attractive.
Currently, no, we'll still have the bar there when the add-on is applied to the main site. It could possibly be removed or changed in some fashion later on, but for the present it's gonna be there on the side below pins.
I'm not too sure what you mean by this. What mini profile? o.o And nah, it's fine. I still have money leftover that I'm not really using currently, so might as well dump it somehow, lol. Definitely appreciate the offer, though!
There's an add-on I mentioned earlier that can limit the amount of likes you can give per day & is also functional with Post Ratings. It's only $10 for a lifetime copy of it, so I can foot the bill on it myself. That said, it only limits the number you can do per day. It can't be limited on a user basis. However, all that considered, if there is evidence of someone liking only the content of a certain person and/or people repeatedly, it will be pretty simple to take action against them if necessary. Like Misty said, the negative rating counts are only displayed on that sidebar on user profiles, which can be enabled/disabled whenever. I do have to say that I don't think halving it wouldn't be too necessary due to how the add-on functions. Even if someone were to give someone a negative rating, that would not effect the amount positive ratings they received: View attachment 38711 View attachment 38710 They will still have the same number of positive ratings, but they'll also have an amount of the negative ratings. The ratings aren't in a ratio, but more along the lines of standalone values. I'm not sure if this is possible within the functionality of the add-on/other add-ons, but I'll try to look into it. I do see where you're coming from, however, I do want to go back to points Misty and Nova raised: With the daily limit and the public element applied, I think there could be a greater tendency to put more thought into what you're giving a rating to. Like I said though, I'll look into it. Misty's right. You can only do one rating per post. It's possible to undo a rating (pretty much how you can undo a like now), but it's impossible to 'Like, Useful, Informative, etc.' all at once on a single post. This I am more strongly against. At the moment we're trying to keep the ratings down to a minimum size so we can see how they work on the forum, and about a month later I was planning on doing a check in (possibly survey) to see what everyone thinks & possibly open up for more ratings suggestions later on down the road. I also think having a large amount of ratings in general could end up potentially being overwhelming in the amount of choices avaliable. I'd be fine with renaming Like and Dislike to something else, but segmenting them into a collection of different phrases would be too much currently. We aren't using the default icons that come with it because they are ugly and unsightly. Llave is currently designing ones that will fit more in line with the site itself (and future skins for it). Without the icons it can look pretty empty (can add in a photo of this later), and imo designs like the current heart for Likes do look fit in pretty seamlessly with everything else around it.
libre, Misty, and I were talking about this last night. xD I think it's a possibility that they port it over to PS3/PS4. While it does utilize the touch screen of the 3DS, tbh all you really do for a lot of important things is just flick your stylus in a direction (Reality Shifts, Card Battles) and some of the petting for Dream Eaters. Which could easily be covered with the PS4's touch pad (and also the Vita's). If they do go the route of PS4, they could potentially move over 1.5 & 2.5 to PS4 as well, or have them on PS Now whenever it's released. With KH3 still probably 2+ years away, Square's probably gonna release something to help chop up the wait time; a KH3D port definitely seems pretty likely if that's the case.
So close but so far.
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I can't offer too much useful advice since my high school ran 7-12, but I do think something to keep in mind is to just try and put yourself out there and show what you've got! While more limited than college/uni, there are some neat things to get active in in high school (afterschool clubs, STUDENT GOVERNMENT, auditioning for a play or something like that). I didn't do a lot extracurricular wise till near the end of high school, and I always really regretted not doing it sooner because it can be a fun experience and just something to break up the monotony. High school can be kinda ****** since people are still figuring themselves out and it's a stressful time, but be sure to have some fun so that you're not stressed out all the time. :b Not at all! College is definitely home to a lot more opportunities and a more interesting learning environment than high school, imo. It can also be kinda tough with classes being more rigorous and the ever looming student loans issue, but what you put into it is what you get out of it. Just be sure to try and give it your all, and you can be pleased with your results.
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Can add later tonight. If it's pertaining to this section, I don't think it's really necessary since it could just be merged. In fact, any duplicate threads can just be merged lmao, so I don't really see the point in having a 'Duplicate' prefix.
OH GOD In no particular order: Steins;Gate Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Rebellion) Michiko to Hatchin (admittedly in the middle of it but it is SO GOOD so far) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann/Kill la Kill Code Geass runners up to .//hack SIGN and Log Horizon
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