I think we should try to find a way to bring Comments back into the Feedback system
but to run alongside the new Star rating! Although the new rating system looks great, is easy to use and frees the Mods up for less miserable tasks than holding our hands when we are at our least classy...... the New system does not quite satisfy me.
Some of the dissenters; a surly bunch of whiners, drawn together in a pool of tears and ire, have moved past that (almost) and come up with a working progress of an idea:
Community Adjudicated Comment System- Please visit, vote and add your comments to make it better- I will not go into too much detail (hah!) as you can click on the link for that... and i will lose many to fatal boredom...
-Shut off here and visit the thread in Suggestions if you wish but the below 'summarises' our progress- However, We know the problems with the old comment system:
- It takes up the mods resources and is a thankless, subjective task.
- retaliation and never ending cycle of tit for tat bickering which spills into all areas.
...to name but 2.
the new system has resolved this .. but in doing so it has thrown its hand in the air and shied completely away from any contention at all. I understand why but so much of the information and creativity which we want in the system has gone!
The proposal gives ability, to all users, to add a comment at the end of a game.
They have 24 hours to make comment on any game/player (with game-link if it regards a specific game)
This can be anything:
- Skill and tactics
- It could be a friendly piece of prose for mutual enjoyment!
The Comment is then made available to the recipient for approval prior to it being logged into their profile. They have 5 days to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’. If they fail to vote the comment will be entered into their profile.
In special cases, live Comments can be taken back to the Forum for adjudication; to cover people going away and missing the right to veto. If they say ‘yes’, they have approved the comment and it will also be logged into their profile.
If they say ‘no’, not approved, the Comment goes for arbitration by the Site in the Contentious Comment Forum.
(The rules of approval need to be worked out but will mainly cover outright spiteful lies and abusive language!) Arbitration is made by CC members: the make-up and remit of which is to be discussed;
It could be
A) Open to all members,
with a pre-forum link to the Moderation 'Forum', on the Front page after login. This will encourage those who do not normally visit the Forums to participate! *
or
B) Closed select group of non-mod volunteers
Why will this work where the other failed? - The proposed system does not affect your Pos or Neg Rating, so it will be less contentious.
- The recipient gets immediate right to take contentious Comments to the Community for adjudication of fairness and suitability, before anyone else sees it in their Profile.
- If the Comments are judged by the whole site (with say 100 votes giving a judgement on 95% agreement**) on a casual anonymous basis, there is no one to shout at, no focal figure to hate.
Anyway.. why say 2 words when you can say 1000 .. this is a working progress but i think we are getting somewhere.
Stop whining and contribute... well whine and contribute if you like!
*This is participatory Forum but with anonymous perusal and voting only. The comment Forum is 'ironically'
not a place for discussion by the voters.
So there will be no canvassing for support or bitching, it is simply a place to read and click 'yes' or 'no'.
**A ceiling of votes needed to constitute an authoritative decision! For example, we could set the limit at 100 votes with 95% approval to make it a live comment.
anyway you leave me negative comments and they can't go live until I approve them I'm going to sit on em so they never reach the light of day!
