Re: I wish we could do away with the 5-star poll

"Brad Templeton" <btm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Joetheone <joetheone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>"ravenlynne" <ravenlynne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Brad Templeton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I would suggest:
>>>>
>>>>     a) Set up a web poll (there are lots of tools to do this, I can
>>>> do it if nobody else wants) and post an invitation to
>>>> vote in it.
>>>>
>>>>     b) Or just encourage people to use one of the several other TV
>>>> episode web polls out there (geos.tv, tv.com etc.)
>>>>
>>>>     c) DON'T start a "Discuss episode X" thread.   Every thread right
>>>>        after an episode airs is a discuss expisode X thread, but if
>>>>        started individually it gets a name and its own chain that
>>>>        you can easily pick to read or not.
>>>
>>> Or you could just ignore the threads that bother you and start your
own.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>That would be the way to do it.
>>
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> That would be nice, the the poll diverts a lot of discussion.  I would
> like to see discussion, just not mixed in with single votes in the poll,
> which cloud the thread.    Do people really find a lot of value in posts
> by people whom you don't know saying "I rate it a 3.5?"   I find that
> of zero value.  I don't know if the person rates everything else a 5
> or everything else a 1 or in between.   I really only care how many
> people rate it a 3.5, not what any single person does.    For those
> who want to tell us why they rated it a 3.5, that's a bit more relevant
> though I myself don't care to see it.   What I care to see is actual
> discussion of the show and elements in it, and would prefer to see that
> in a set of distinct threads, one for each issue being discussed, not
> a big massive thread filled with other stuff.

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