Wipe All Rates to 0 ?

Wipe everybody's Rate to Zero, except for mine. I'm too special to be zero'd out with the rest of the common AV's. lol

sure wipe 'em. they're pretty meaningless now anyway.

i kinda suspect the price increase to $25 per rating is just a first step to getting rid of ratings further down the line. as far as stipends go yeah $50 a week isn't much but (say it all together now) "prices will adjust to the market". if people have less......things cost less. otherwise no one buys your overpriced junk.

then again maybe we ought to realize we're all basically on welfare. free money's nice but hey......free money. SL's fun even if you're broke and it's not hard to make money if you really really gotta buy something.

Wipe 'em clean.

Folks that have the mega ratings have already milked them for what it is worth.

So, why not?

- T -

I posted a similar thread last night - I'm on the pro wipe side of the fence myself.

Change the system that much - it only seems fair.

I can see it now...

New member starting a basic account: "Hi, how do I get more L$?"
Current member: "You have to sell stuff, get a 'job', or upgrade to a premium account and pay a monthly fee (or quarterly or yearly or whatever)."
New member: "I don't know how to make anything, and I don't have enough money to upload much. And get a job?? I work in RL, I don't wanna work here TOO! And geez, a monthly fee? No thanks. Bye."

lol

OR: "Wow, SL is great! Look at all the creative power I have!".

Either:

(a) Wipe them all to zero and refund everyone L$1 for everyone rate they have GIVEN...

OR:

(b) Divide everyone's values by 25, and round up or down to make them equal to the new rates... and pick 1 person out of every 25 who rated ya to not be able to rate you again in each category.

Heck, just scrap the whole thing!

-Flip

How about we throw the 25L out the window and keep it at 1L? No? LOL Ok.... throw the current rate charge out all together and give us an allotment of RateBucks... LOL That way we are limited to how many rates we can make.. so they will be meaningful when we do make them... and we aren't being forced to use all of our stipend up to do it.

Yes, wipe them. It only makes sense given the increase in rating cost.

Ratings be gone!

The biggest reason I've felt for a long time that the current ratings system is flawed is because rating seems to carry a different meaning to different people - often sparking hard feelings, or misunderstandings. The "universal meaning" that was (i think) intended to evolve naturally, instead morphed into seperate factions and camps.

For example, some see pos/neg ratings as highly meaningful, and a method of expression. Others see pos/neg ratings as a means to a financial end. Still others find ratings utterly meaningless, and give little thought into a rate if given at all.

Looking through the forums, I see countless flames and disagrements that seem to be sparked by two opposite viewpoints on the core meaning of a rate - which isn't universally defined in the first place.

For this reason, I support raising the rating fee to $25 - in the hopes that a rating given will carry a more common meaning to most people.

I also believe that cutting the link between stipends and ratings will further clarify the meaning of ratings.

However... if we are to give the "new ratings" meaning, the old ratings need to be wiped, or otherwise seperated IMHO. Once you create a clear, (and possibly new) meaning to this new rating system, mixing the old with the new will be like comparing apples to oranges.

Travis

And then those who can afford to rate will pay people to rate them back meaning the Rich will get ratings and the poor will get NOTHING.

This whole day has been bad.

Oooohhhh! Now there is a thought to consider!!! I like!

And so instead we simply take away any chance whatsoever of any new player EVER being on the top 10 no matter how talented they may be?

Why don't we just change the leaderboards to static text then and just give the current top folks a permanent extra income... because that's the flipside Mags.

Your argument says 'the poor will get nothing anyway - so lets just set that in stone'.

Even the 'Rich' who want ratings that way (even though it is against the rules - and they could potentially get their shit spanked for it) would have to HIRE someone to rate them

So even with your example the 'poor' will get paid!

Siggy.

I agree...why not they don't mean anything anyhow...right?

Hunh. Random thought. Now that the ratings cost L$25, and the rating bonus is in half, what does that work out to? I doubt that the new bonus will pay L$25 a rating.

From now on, I won't rate. I'll just pay people for looking/acting cool. It's what's done with tip jars anyways. Hopefully, a feature to add, but it's so low a priority as to not put on the boards, is to give a text field in the pay interface to give a message when paying, one that can stay in the balance books. In the mean time, an IM will do.

Not that anyone gives comments when they rate. (Am I the only one that actually uses that text message to say something silly/insightful/WHY the positive rating?)

I've often given comments when I rate people - especially newbies.

Zero 'em.

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew...

Make rabbit stew! LOL YIPES WHAT AM I SAYING! LOL

Make sure C.Cotton's is the 1st to go.

The current ratings have to be wiped or divided by 25 to be fair.
***hugs all of his precious ratings goodbye***

Why don't we all just wear tip jars on our heads?

I like this idea! LOL!

Actually this is a pretty good idea. When I see a cool build or appearence or if someone does something really nice for me I'll just pay them the 25L with an IM explaining why. Newbies would greatly benefit from this as well.

Why not give the person deserving the award an award?

Hi guys

I just wanna add in my lil bit as i am not at all happy with the rating charge. Rating is a great way to make new friends, most of the new friends I have in SL are because I rated with a funny message which led to a laugh and a chat. I don't really mind about loosing the number of ratings I have given or recieved. But to charge $25 to make a friend is just silly. Its a good way of introducing yourself to someone so why not just charge $1 for rating someone and not give anything back.

I don't mind if my ratings were zero'd or even wiped out completely and done away with but the charge is very silly. Just having this method of introduction works for me. This really needs to be re-thought ALL reasons for rating someone should be considered, not just used as an excuse to reduce the amount of money inworld.

Hugsss all

Jas x

Wipe out!! Get rid of ratings.... I still don't get it in almost 9 months that I have been playing. I mean... what do they mean? that you dance good?, you are cute?, I like your outfit?... 35% of the ratings we get are real meaning... the rest 65% is because we want to get a better bonus, more money...

I like REAL meanings.... wipe out!!... get a better system that than, get some better ideas. Half of the times I can't find who rated me, and I am always hesitating that some dumba** doesn't rate me negative by mistake or just because of his/her evil sarcasm, sending friends to do that without even knowing the person..

There are better things to do...